busy
English
/ˈbɪzi/
adj
Definitions
- Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
- Engaged in activity or by someone else.
- Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
- Officious; meddling.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bisy inherited from Old English bysiġ inherited from *bisīg (busy, zealous, diligent).
Origin
*bisīg
Gloss
busy, zealous, diligent
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- agribusiness English
- agrobusiness English
- antibusiness English
- bebusy English
- body English
- busiest English
- busieth English
- busihead English
- busily English
- business English
- business case English
- business trip English
- businessese English
- businessfolk English
- businessless English
- businesslike English
- businessman English
- businessperson English
- businessplace English
- businesswear English
- businesswide English
- businesswise English
- businesswoman English
- businessworthy English
- businessy English
- busybody English
- busybodying English
- busybodyish English
- busybodyism English
- busyish English
- busyness English
- by-business English
- cyberbusiness English
- e-business English
- embusy English
- forebusy English
- megabusiness English
- microbusiness English
- multibusiness English
- nonbusiness English
- nonbusy English
- overbusily English
- overbusy English
- pidgin English
- prebusiness English
- probusiness English
- semibusy English
- showbusiness English
- superbusiness English
- superbusy English
- telebusiness English
- unbusy English
- underbusy English
- bisnes Finnish
- business Italian
- bezig Dutch, Flemish
- bezigheid Dutch, Flemish
- bezighouden Dutch, Flemish
- business Dutch, Flemish
- business French
- бизнес Russian
- ビジネス Japanese
- biznes Polish
- besig Old English
- bisgian Old English
- bisig Old English
- bysiġ Old English
- forebiseġian Old English
- forebisgian Old English
- bisili Middle English
- bisy Middle English
- bisyhed Middle English
- bisynes Middle English
- bisynesse Middle English
- busily Middle English
- busines Middle English
- overbisi Middle English
- unbysy Middle English
- busnes Welsh
- bēsich Middle Dutch
- besig Afrikaans
- besnissaður Faroese
- бизнес Bulgarian
- *bisīg gmw-pro
- פִּדְיוֹן Hebrew (modern)
- *bisig Old Dutch
- бізнес Ukrainian
- *bisig Old Saxon
- бізнес Belarusian
- peejnej Marshallese
- bisi Tok Pisin
- bisnis Tok Pisin
- biznis Haitian, Haitian Creole
- Bisniss Pennsylvania German
- business Tatar
- बनय्ज्या Newari
- body
- bebusy
- pidgin
- busily
- unbusy
- embusy
- busyish
- nonbusy
- busiest
- busieth
- forebusy
- busihead
- business
- overbusy
- busyness
- busybody
- semibusy
- underbusy
- businessy
- superbusy
- overbusily
- e-business
- prebusiness
- businessman
- busybodyish
- busybodyism
- by-business
- probusiness
- nonbusiness
- busybodying
- businessese
- agribusiness
- businessless
- antibusiness
- telebusiness
- agrobusiness
- showbusiness
- businesswide
- businesslike
- megabusiness
- businesswise
- businessfolk
- businesswear
- multibusiness
- businessplace
- business trip
- business case
- cyberbusiness
- businesswoman
- microbusiness
- superbusiness
- businessperson
- businessworthy