Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To form (something) by combining materials or parts. · To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process. · To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to it. · To establish a basis for (something).
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe physique of a human or animal body, or other object; constitution or structure. · Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users. · The process or period of constructing a physical object. · A structure, such as a building, statue, pool or forest created by the player.
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan Old English bytlan Middle English bilden English build From Middle English bilden, buylden, bylden, from Old English byldan and bytlan, bytlian (“to build”), from Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan (“to build”), from Proto-Germanic *buþlą, *bōþlą (“house, dwelling, farm”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell”). Related to Old English botl (“building, house”). More at bottle. False cognate of German bilden.
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