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UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES: 7
REVIEWED EDGES: 7
DEEPEST PATH: 7
MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED: 1

boy7 connected nodes

HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE

STEP 01derivationestablished

Ancient Greekβοῦς→Ancient Greek · Ancient Greekβοεία (δορά)ox hide

SOUND: Greek boeía, bovine or of an ox, is formed from boûs, ox or cow.
MEANING: The material name specializes the cattle word as ox hide.

American Heritage Dictionary Editors1 CITATIONEDGE 877 ↗

Boy — American Heritage Dictionary · Etymology: Greek boeía from bous, ox ↗

HISTORICAL STEP 021 EDGE

STEP 02borrowingestablished

Ancient Greekβοεία (δορά)→Latin · Latinbōiacollar or yoke used to restrain criminals

SOUND: Latin bōia is traced to Greek boeía dorá, ox hide.
MEANING: An ox-hide material expression is proposed behind a restraining collar or yoke.

American Heritage Dictionary Editors1 CITATIONEDGE 876 ↗

Boy — American Heritage Dictionary · Etymology: Latin bōia from Greek boeía dorá, ox hide ↗

HISTORICAL STEP 031 EDGE

STEP 03borrowingestablished

Latinbōia→Old French · Old Frenchbuiefetter; shackle

SOUND: Old French buie continues Latin bōia.
MEANING: The restraint noun crosses from Latin into French.

American Heritage Dictionary Editors1 CITATIONEDGE 875 ↗

Boy — American Heritage Dictionary · Etymology: Old French buie from Latin bōia ↗

HISTORICAL STEP 041 EDGE

STEP 04derivationestablished

Old Frenchbuie→Old French · Old Frenchembuierto fetter

SOUND: Old French embuier is formed on buie, a fetter or shackle.
MEANING: The verb continues the restraint meaning of the noun.

American Heritage Dictionary Editors1 CITATIONEDGE 874 ↗

Boy — American Heritage Dictionary · Etymology: embuier from buie, fetter or shackle ↗

HISTORICAL STEP 051 EDGE

STEP 05derivationestablished

Old Frenchembuier→Old French · Old Frenchembuiéperson in fetters

SOUND: Old French embuié is the participial person-form of embuier, to fetter.
MEANING: A person in fetters is named from the restraining action.

American Heritage Dictionary Editors1 CITATIONEDGE 873 ↗

Boy — American Heritage Dictionary · Etymology: embuié from embuier, to fetter ↗

HISTORICAL STEP 061 EDGE

STEP 06competing borrowingproposed

Old Frenchembuié→Middle English · Middle Englishboimale servant; churl; young male

SOUND: Middle English boi has been compared with Old French embuié, a person in fetters.
MEANING: The servant or churl field is proposed to connect with a restrained person.

American Heritage Dictionary Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 872 ↗

Boy — Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, Word Origin · Word Origin: Middle English male servant; origin unknown ↗Boy — American Heritage Dictionary · Etymology: possibly Old French embuié ↗

HISTORICAL STEP 071 EDGE

STEP 07continuationestablished

Middle Englishboi→Present-Day English · 14th century–todayboymale child; young man

SOUND: Middle English boi develops into modern boy with stabilized spelling.
MEANING: Male servant, churl, and young-male senses settle around the modern male-child center.

Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 871 ↗

Boy — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use · Etymology and First Known Use ↗Boy — American Heritage Dictionary · Etymology: Middle English boi; male servant, churl, young male ↗

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