English word bucket comes from Proto-Indo-European *bū-, Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw-, Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ- (Buck, he-goat.), Vulgar Latin *buco
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *bū- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| *bʰōw- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | to swell, inflate, to blow, swell , to dwell |
| *bʰuǵ- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | Buck, he-goat. |
| *buco | Vulgar Latin (la-vul) | |
| *bukkaz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Buck. |
| *būkaz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Belly, abdomen. Body. |
| bucca | Old English (ca. 450-1100) (ang) | He-goat. |
| būc | Old English (ca. 450-1100) (ang) | |
| *bukk | Frankish (frk) | Buck. |
| *bukkos | Gaulish (cel-gau) | |
| buccus | Latin (lat) | (Medieval Latin) he-goat. |
| *buk | Frankish (frk) | |
| *bucus | Late Latin (LL) | |
| boc | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | |
| buket | Anglo-Norman (xno) | |
| boket | Middle English (1100-1500) (enm) | |
| bucket | English (en) | (UK, archaic) A unit of measure equal to four gallons.. (basketball, informal) A field goal.. (basketball, informal) The basket.. (computing) A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.. (informal, chiefly, plural) A large amount of liquid.. (slang) An old car that is not in good working order.. (variation management) A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of [...] |