Etymology

rebutter

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rebutter · noun1

From rebut + -er.

rebutter · verb2

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷṓws
  7. Proto-Hellenic*gʷous
  8. Ancient Greekβοῦς (boûs)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*tewh₂-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*tuh₂rós
  11. Proto-Hellenic*tūrós
  12. Ancient Greekτυρός (turós)
  13. Ancient Greekβούτῡρον (boútūron)
  14. Latinbūtȳrum
  15. Proto-West Germanic*buterā
  16. Old Englishbutere
  17. Middle Englishbuter
  18. Englishbutter
  19. English todayrebutter

From re- + butter.

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