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English word busy comes from Proto-Germanic *bisigaz (Zealous; diligent; busy; eident.), Old English -ig (-y; forms adjectives from nouns and verbs.)
*bisigaz (Proto-Germanic)
Zealous; diligent; busy; eident.
-ig (Old English)
-y; forms adjectives from nouns and verbs.
bysiġ (Old English)
bisi (Middle English)
busy (English)
(slang, UK, Liverpool, derogatory) A police officer. Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.. Engaged in activity or by someone else.. Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.. Officious; meddling. (transitive) To make somebody busy, to keep busy with, to occupy, to make occupied.. (transitive) To rush somebody.