Word Origin Summary

𑂥𑂗𑂧 is attested in Magahi. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. butonenMiddle Englishinherited from
2. bouterFrenchderived from
3. *bautanProto-West Germanicderived from
4. *bautanOld Frankishborrowed from
5. botonMiddle Englishinherited from
6. botonFrenchderived from
7. buttonEnglishborrowed from

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