myEtymology.com: English etymology of cowboy

Etymology of the English word cowboy

the English word cowboy

derived from the English word boy

derived from the Old French word embuié

derived from the Old French word embuier

derived from the English word cow

derived from the English word cu

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷou-

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *kwon

Italian cowboy