bud
English
/bʌd/
noun
Definitions
- A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.
- (figuratively) Something that has begun to develop.
- A small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism.
- (usually uncountable) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the “bud”), or marijuana generally.
- A weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud.
- (dated) A pretty young girl.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English budde (bud, beetle, seed pod) derived from Proto-Germanic *buddǭ derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (hit, grow, swell, become, strike, appear, wax, be, beat, bulge, inflate, blow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰew-
Gloss
hit, grow, swell, become, strike, appear, wax, be, beat, bulge, inflate, blow
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abud English
- boody English
- budburst English
- budder English
- buddo English
- budless English
- budlessness English
- budlet English
- budlike English
- budling English
- budmoth English
- budset English
- budworm English
- burst English
- cuckoo English
- cuckoobud English
- debud English
- disbud English
- ear English
- ear bud English
- earbudded English
- end English
- endbud English
- interbud English
- leaf English
- leafbud English
- love English
- lovebud English
- moth English
- nanobud English
- outbud English
- rebud English
- red English
- redbud English
- rose English
- rosebud English
- rum English
- rumbud English
- set English
- tail English
- tailbud English
- taste English
- tastebud English
- worm English
- budi Finnish
- battuere Latin
- futuere Latin
- futuo Latin
- fūstis Latin
- ēbullientem Latin
- Butzen German
- bot Dutch, Flemish
- botbreuk Dutch, Flemish
- botontkalking Dutch, Flemish
- bottel Dutch, Flemish
- botvieren Dutch, Flemish
- botweg Dutch, Flemish
- heilbot Dutch, Flemish
- leverbot Dutch, Flemish
- penisbot Dutch, Flemish
- bouder French
- boudeur French
- boudoir French
- *bed- Proto-Indo-European
- *bud- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰew- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ésmi Proto-Indo-European
- *baumaz Proto-Germanic
- *baumaz, *bagmaz Proto-Germanic
- *bausuz Proto-Germanic
- *bauþaz Proto-Germanic
- *beuną Proto-Germanic
- *biumi Proto-Germanic
- *buddô Proto-Germanic
- *buddǭ Proto-Germanic
- *budlą Proto-Germanic
- *bugja- Proto-Germanic
- *ga- Proto-Germanic
- *paddǭ Proto-Germanic
- *wesaną Proto-Germanic
- bemen Middle English
- budde Middle English
- bouder Old French
- պտուկ Armenian
- bot Middle Dutch
- պտուկ Old Armenian
- bot Afrikaans
- butzen Middle High German
- *bussus Proto-Celtic
- bòt Papiamentu
- *bajā Proto-Albanian
- rum
- ear
- end
- set
- red
- abud
- moth
- worm
- love
- tail
- rose
- leaf
- taste
- burst
- rebud
- boody
- debud
- buddo
- cuckoo
- disbud
- budset
- budder
- outbud
- redbud
- rumbud
- endbud
- budlet
- leafbud
- nanobud
- ear bud
- budling
- rosebud
- lovebud
- tailbud
- budless
- budworm
- budmoth
- budlike
- tastebud
- interbud
- budburst
- cuckoobud
- earbudded
- budlessness