bour
Middle English
/buːr/
noun
Definitions
- A chamber or a cottage.
Etymology
Derived from Old English būr (bower, a farmer).
Origin
Old English
būr
Gloss
bower, a farmer
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bower English
- bower bird English
- bowered English
- bowerland English
- bowerless English
- bowerwoman English
- bowery English
- burly English
- embower English
- imbower English
- neighbour English
- *būraz Proto-Germanic
- burbyrde Old English
- būr Old English
- gebur Old English
- nēahġebūr Old English
- neighebor Middle English
- neygh Middle English