Wordwyrt

boor

/ˈbʊə/BUUR
/ˈbʊɹ/BUUR

Meaningto till

Common meaning: a rough, ill-mannered person

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√BHU‘grow, become, be, dwell, build’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 242, p. 738 · scan
  2. Dutchbouwen‘to till’source
  3. Dutchmeaning shiftsto till → a peasantboer‘a peasant’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa peasant → a rough, ill-mannered personboor‘a rough, ill-mannered person’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Dutch bouwen ‘to till’.

Roots

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