booty
English
/ˈbuːti/
noun
Definitions
- (nautical) A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once.
- Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war, or seized by piracy.
- (figuratively) Something that has been stolen or illegally obtained from elsewhere.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English buty derived from Old French butin (allotment, plunder) derived from Middle Low German bǖte (exchange, distribution, loot) derived from Gaulish *boudi derived from Proto-Celtic *boudi (victory, booty, profit, gains, spoils, gain).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*boudi
Gloss
victory, booty, profit, gains, spoils, gain
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bootied English
- bootyhole English
- bootyless English
- bootylicious English
- free English
- freebooter English
- hole English
- Beute German
- Beutegreifer German
- Beutegut German
- Beutekunst German
- Freibeuter German
- Jagdbeute German
- abbottinare Italian
- bottino Italian
- vrijbuiter Dutch, Flemish
- butin French
- filibustrière French
- *bhudh-skō Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰówdʰi Proto-Indo-European
- *preyH- Proto-Indo-European
- bottyne Middle English
- buty Middle English
- bytte Danish
- butin Old French
- budd Welsh
- Boidmal Old Irish
- búaid Old Irish
- biute Middle High German
- butin Middle French
- buscar Old Portuguese
- *boudi Proto-Celtic
- *boudīkos Proto-Celtic
- *maglos Proto-Celtic
- bûte Middle Low German
- büte Middle Low German
- būten Middle Low German
- bǖte Middle Low German
- *būti Frankish
- buscar Old Spanish
- *boudi Gaulish
- boudi Gaulish
- *boudinus la-vul
- *būtinus la-vul