Word Origins
Words starting with b
| Word | Origins |
|---|---|
| bury |
-verb transitive
French enterrer
English inter |
| bury (to bury) |
(to) bury
Ladino entarrer
Ladino is the language of
Sephardic (wandering) Jews in Europe.
Sephardic (pronounced as Sefardic)
derives from Indian Hindi/Urdu safari ‘travel’.
English inter |
| bus |
-noun
Georgian (Kartuli ena) avt’obusi
Russian autobus
euskara (Basque) autobus
Spanish autobus
French autobus |
| bush |
-noun
Indian Tamil mullai
(ai is just a neuter suffix. The basic word is mull)
euskara (Basque) mulu
Spanish maleza |
| bushy |
-adjective
Indian Tamil mullai
‘bush’ (ai is just a neuter suffix. The basic word is mull)
euskara (Basque) mulutsu
‘bushy’ |
| business |
-noun
euskara (Basque) biznesi
English business |
| bust |
-noun
Russian byust .
Spanish busto
French buste
English bust |
| but |
-adverb
Indian Tamil aanaal.
Greek ala
Croatian ali
Hebrew aval
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Indian Hindi par
Spanish pero
Ladino pero
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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Indian Hindi/Urdu magar
Georgian (Kartuli ena) magram
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Indian Hindi laykin
Turkish lakin |
| Butane |
-noun
euskara (Basque) butano
English Butane |
| button |
-noun
euskara (Basque) botoin
Spanish boton
French bouton
English button |
| bye-bye |
-interejection
euskara (Basque) adio
Spanish adios |
| bystander |
-noun
Spanish espectador
French spectatuer English spectator |
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