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Word Origins

Words starting with b

WordOrigins
boat

-noun

Spanish bote

French bateau

English boat

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Georgian (Kartuli ena) navi

English navy

bobbin

-noun

Indian Tamil chakkiram  ‘wheel’ (am is a suffix for nouns. The basic word is chakkir)

Indian Sanskrit chakrah  ‘wheel’ (ah is a suffix for nouns. The basic word is chakr)

euskara (Basque) txirrika (pronounced as chirrika) ‘bobbin’

bodiless

-adjective

Indian Sanskrit na means ‘not’.

                       karpah means ‘body’. ah is just a noun suffix.

Gaelic neo-chorporra ‘bodiless’ derives from above Indian words.

body

-noun

Indian Sanskrit karpah  (ah is just a noun suffix. The basic word is karp)

Gaelic corp

German der Korper

French corps

Latin corpus

English corps ‘group of bodies’

Ladino kuerpo

Ladino is the language of Sephardic (wandering) Jews in Europe.

Sephardic (pronounced as Sefardic) derives from Indian Hindi/Urdu safari ‘travel’.

Spanish cuerpo (pronounced as kwerpo)

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Indian Hindi/Urdu badan.

d is our symbol for soft d sound as in this

Turkish beden

Gaelic bodhaig

English body

bogus

-adjective

Spanish falso

English false

boiling

-noun

Indian Tamil sudu ‘heat’

German der Sud ‘boiling’

bolt

-noun

Russian bolt

English bolt

bomb

-noun

Georgian (Kartuli ena) bombi

Russian bomba

euskara (Basque) bomba

Spanish bomba

French bombe

English bomb

bombard

-verb transitive

Spanish bombardear

English bombard

bombastic

-noun

Spanish bombastico

English bombastic

bond

-noun

Indian Sanskrit band ‘bond’, ‘tie’

d is our symbol for soft d sound as in this

German der Bund ‘bond’

              die Bindung ‘bond’

              der Bund ‘bond’

bonnet

-noun

euskara (Basque) boneta

French bonnet

English bonnet

bonus

-noun

Indian Hindi/Urdu baksheesh ‘giving’, ‘tip’ etc.

Ladino baksheesh ‘bonus’

Ladino is the language of Sephardic (wandering) Jews in Europe

Sephardic (pronounced as Sefardic) derives from Indian Hindi/Urdu safari ‘travel’

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Russian premia

French prime

English premium

book

-noun

euskara (Basque) liburu

Spanish libro

French livre

Gaelic leabhar (pronounced as leavar)

boomerang

-noun

euskara (Basque) bumerang

Spanish bumerang

English boomerang

boot

-noun

euskara (Basque) bota

French botte

English boot

booth

-noun

Russian kiosk

euskara (Basque) kiosko

booty

-noun

Spanish botin

French butin

English booty

booze

-noun

euskara (Basque) likore

English liquor

bordello

-noun

Spanish burdel

English bordello

border

-noun

Spanish borde

French bord

English border

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French frontiere

English frontier

borderline

-noun

Spanish frontera

English frontier

boric

-adjective

euskara (Basque) boriko

English boric

boss

-noun

Arabic baash

Hebrew bos

English boss

botanical

-adjective

euskara (Basque) botanikako

Spanish botanico

French botanique

English botanical

botany

-noun

euskara (Basque) botanika

Spanish botanica

English botany

French botanique

both

-adjective, preposition

Indian Sanskrit dwa ‘two’.

Indian Hindi/Urdu do ‘two’.

d is our symbol for soft d sound as in this

Gaelic an da ‘both’

bottle

-verb transitive

Indian Brahui botal ‘bottle’ noun

Russian bootilka ‘bottle’ noun

euskara (Basque) botilatu ‘bottle’ verb

bottle

-noun

Indian Brahui botal

Russian bootilka

euskara (Basque) botila

Ladino boteya

Ladino is the language of Sephardic (wandering) Jews in Europe.

Sephardic (pronounced as Sefardic) derives from Indian Hindi/Urdu safari ‘travel’.

Spanish botella

French bouteille

English bottle

Gaelic botal

bottled

-adjective

Indian Brahui botal ‘bottle’ noun

Russian bootilka ‘bottle’ noun

Spanish en botella ‘bottled’

English bottled

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