débuter

French

verb
Definitions
  • to start
  • to debut, to make one's debut.

Etymology

Inherited from Old French but (aim, end, goal, target, purpose), butte (mound, target, knoll) derived from Frankish but (log, stump) derived from Old Norse bútr (stump, log, butt) derived from Proto-Germanic *butą (end, piece) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰÀud- (beat, push).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰÀud-

Gloss

beat, push

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