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bōia

TRANSLITERATION bōia

collar or yoke used to restrain criminals

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Latin
SENSE
criminal restraint collar
FAMILY
Indo-European / Italic
CANONICAL KEY
node:9:boia:attested:sense:criminal-restraint-collar

The Latin restraint term in the proposed deep route.

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STEP 04competing borrowingproposed
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Middle English boi has been compared with Old French embuié, a person in fetters.
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The servant or churl field is proposed to connect with a restrained person.
American Heritage Dictionary Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 872 ↗
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STEP 05continuationestablished
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Middle English boi develops into modern boy with stabilized spelling.
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Male servant, churl, and young-male senses settle around the modern male-child center.
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 871 ↗

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