Word Origins
Words starting with b
| Word | Origins |
|---|---|
| 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’
---
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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