Etymology of the English word buttonhole
the English word
buttonholederived 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
holederived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kailo-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kel-Usage
Word found in Modern English
