buoy
English
/ˈbɔɪ/, /ˈbu.i/, /ˈbwɔɪ/
noun
Definitions
- (nautical) A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel.
- A life-buoy; a life preserver.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English boy derived from Middle Dutch boeye (buoy, life buoy, float, fetter, shackle), boeye (buoy, life buoy, float, fetter, shackle) derived from Old French buie (fetter, chain) derived from Frankish *baukn derived from Latin boia (fetter, band, collar, neck collar, a collar) derived from Ancient Greek βόεος derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷow- (cow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷow-
Gloss
cow
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- boy English
- buoyage English
- buoyancy English
- buoyant English
- buoyantly English
- buoyantness English
- buoylike English
- nonbuoyant English
- overbuoyancy English
- overbuoyant English
- semibuoyant English
- sonobuoy English
- superbuoyant English
- unbuoyancy English
- unbuoyant English
- *boiester Latin
- *bovestris Latin
- boia Latin
- Boje German
- boia Italian
- boei Dutch, Flemish
- bouée French
- boya Spanish, Castilian
- βοείη Ancient Greek
- βόεος Ancient Greek
- *gʷow- Proto-Indo-European
- boia Portuguese
- *baukną Proto-Germanic
- boja Polish
- bōia Old English
- boy Middle English
- boie Old French
- boue, buie Old French
- buie Old French
- boia Catalan, Valencian
- boia Galician
- boeye Middle Dutch
- boue, boue(e) Middle French
- boie Middle Low German
- boja Slovene
- *baukn Frankish
- buwae Marshallese