botoun
Middle English
/buˈtuːn/
noun
Definitions
- A button or decorative protrusion on garments or tools.
- A bud, budset, or shoot; a newly-formed leaf.
- Something that is small or of little or no value or worth.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French boton.
Origin
Old French
boton
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- belly button English
- bellybutton English
- button English
- buttonable English
- buttonball English
- buttonbush English
- buttoner English
- buttonfront English
- buttonhook English
- buttonize English
- buttonless English
- buttonlike English
- buttonmaker English
- buttonmaking English
- buttonmould English
- buttonologist English
- buttonology English
- buttonquail English
- buttonweed English
- buttonwillow English
- buttonwood English
- buttony English
- keybutton English
- misbutton English
- pushbutton English
- rebutton English
- unbutton English
- *bottōnem Latin
- Button German
- bouton French
- boton Middle English
- botonen Middle English
- boton Old French
- bouter Old French
- boutoner Old French
- butono Esperanto
- botó Catalan, Valencian
- बटन Hindi
- bouton Norman
- 버튼 Korean
- boton Venetian
- baten Tok Pisin
- pwachen Chuukese