butt

English

/bʌt/

noun
Definitions
  • (countable) The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end
  • (countable) The waste end of anything
  • (countable) An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.
  • (countable) A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English but inherited from Old English byt inherited from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (end, piece) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰnós (bottom), *bʰudʰn-, *bʰudʰmḗn, *dʰewbʰ- (whisk, smoke, darken, obscure, black, deep, be obscured, plug, wedge, peg, be obscure, whirl, smoky, foggy, dim, mist, stupefaction, daze).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰewbʰ-

Gloss

whisk, smoke, darken, obscure, black, deep, be obscured, plug, wedge, peg, be obscure, whirl, smoky, foggy, dim, mist, stupefaction, daze

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

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Emoji
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