bosket
English
/ˈbɒskɪt/
noun
Definitions
- A small grove or copse of trees, a thicket.
Etymology
Borrowed from French bosquet (grove) derived from Italian boschetto derived from Latin busca derived from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (bush, thicket, woods, forest, heavy stick).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*buskaz
Gloss
bush, thicket, woods, forest, heavy stick
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
森
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- disboscation English
- *boscaticum Latin
- *buscus Latin
- bosca Latin
- boscus Latin
- busca Latin
- boschetto Italian
- bosco Italian
- bosquet French
- *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European
- *buskaz Proto-Germanic
- busc Old English
- buskr Old Norse
- buissun Old French
- boschet Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- busk Old High German
- busch Middle High German
- Bësch Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *busk gmw-pro
- *busc Old Dutch
- *bosc Frankish
- *bosk, *busk Frankish
- *busc Frankish
- *busk Frankish
- *buska Frankish
- bòsch Venetian
- Bösch Central Franconian