bot
Middle English
/bɔːt/
noun
Definitions
- A seafaring vessel or watercraft; a device for navigating the waters:
- (figurative) The path or course of one's life; one's direction.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English bāt (boat, vessel, food, that which can be bitten, bait, ship) inherited from Proto-Germanic *baitaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*baitaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aeroboat English
- airboat English
- bareboat English
- boat English
- boatable English
- boatage English
- boatbearer English
- boatbill English
- boatbuilder English
- boatbuilding English
- boater English
- boatful English
- boathook English
- boathorse English
- boathouse English
- boatie English
- boatish English
- boatkeeper English
- boatless English
- boatlet English
- boatlift English
- boatlike English
- boatload English
- boatmaker English
- boatmaking English
- boatman English
- boatmate English
- boatneck English
- boatnecked English
- boatowner English
- boatperson English
- boatside English
- boatsman English
- boatspeak English
- boatswain English
- boattail English
- boattailed English
- boatward English
- boatwoman English
- boatwright English
- boaty English
- boatyard English
- chopboat English
- dayboat English
- dreamboat English
- dredgeboat English
- eelboat English
- ferryboat English
- fireboat English
- fishboat English
- flyboat English
- foldboat English
- gas boat English
- gunboat English
- hatchboat English
- horseboat English
- houseboat English
- iceboat English
- iceboating English
- jetboat English
- keelboat English
- lifeboat English
- lightboat English
- lobsterboat English
- logboat English
- longboat English
- mailboat English
- motorboat English
- mudboat English
- narrowboat English
- paddleboat English
- pap boat English
- party boat English
- pedalboat English
- pigboat English
- playboat English
- poleboat English
- policeboat English
- powerboat English
- riverboat English
- rowboat English
- safariboat English
- sailboat English
- sauceboat English
- seaboat English
- showboat English
- shrimpboat English
- speedboat English
- spyboat English
- steamboat English
- stoneboat English
- sweepboat English
- sweepboats English
- swiftboat English
- swingboat English
- swordboat English
- towboat English
- trawlboat English
- tugboat English
- waistboat English
- waterboat English
- well-boat English
- whaleboat English
- workboat English
- Boot German
- boot Dutch, Flemish
- bote Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European
- bote Portuguese
- *baitaz Proto-Germanic
- *paddǭ Proto-Germanic
- bat Old English
- batweard Old English
- bāt Old English
- botere Middle English
- bátr Old Norse
- bat Old French
- batel Old French
- bot Old French
- bote Old French
- boato Esperanto
- बोट Hindi
- bote Cebuano
- bad Welsh
- boot Middle Dutch
- బోటు Telugu
- bōt Middle Low German
- *butt Frankish
- bát Middle Irish
- bojin Marshallese
- Buat North Frisian
- bute Tetelcingo Nahuatl
- bot Bislama
- bote Yogad
- púti Huichol
- čābātān Chorasmian
- čabata tt