Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA boy or lad. · A stereotypically Welsh form of address for a man, usually younger than the speaker.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō- Proto-West Germanic *bōjō Old English *bōia Middle English boye English boy Latin ō Old French ohbor. Middle English o English O ▲ Middle English o English oh English -o English boyo From boy + -o.
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