rebuke

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*buskaz“bush”
2. Frankish · derived from*busk“grove”
3. Vulgar Latin · derived from*busca“wood, grove”
4. Old French · derived from*buker
5. Anglo-Norman · derived fromrebuker“to beat back, repel”
6. Middle English · inherited fromrebuken
7. English todayrebuke

From Middle English rebuken, from Anglo-Norman rebuker (“to beat back, repel”), from re- + Old French *buker, buchier, buschier (“to strike, hack down, chop”), from busche (“wood”), from Vulgar Latin *busca (“wood, grove”), from Frankish *busk (“grove”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush”); equivalent to re- + bush.

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