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English word bud comes from Proto-Indo-European *bū-, Proto-Indo-European *bʰūs-, and later Old English (ca. 450-1100) budda ((often found in combination) beetle.)
*bū- (Proto-Indo-European)
*bʰūs- (Proto-Indo-European)
to move quickly
*buddǭ (Proto-Germanic)
*buzdô (Proto-Germanic)
budda (Old English)
(often found in combination) beetle.
budde (Middle English)
bud (English)
To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise.. To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn.. To form buds.. To reproduce by splitting off buds. (usually uncountable, slang) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the bud), or marijuana generally.. A newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded.. A [...]