Etymology of the English word bellybutton
the English word
bellybuttonderived from the English word
buttonderived from the Old French word
boutonderived from the Old French word
bouterusing the Proto-Indo-European prefix
bhau- (to hit)
derived from the Frankish root
*bōtanderived from the Old French word
botonderived from the Old French word
boterderived from the English word
bellyderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*balgizUsage
Word found in Modern English
