Wordwyrt

buskin

Meaninglittle boots

Common meaning: a high boot

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchborse‘a purse’source
  2. Dutchmeaning shiftsa purse → buskinsbrooskens‘buskins’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsbuskins → a high bootbuskin‘a high boot’ · 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: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old French borse ‘little boots’.

Roots

  • borse Old French “little boots”

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