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Etymology · Proto-Germanic

*būraz

3 English words descend from Proto-Germanic *būraz, most common first.

bowerA bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval castle.
buronA traditional Auvergne shepherd's hut with a thatched roof, or a rustic mountain chalet in the same style.
embowerTo enclose something or someone as if in a bower; shelter with foliage.