bouton (pluralboutons)
bouton
bouton m
Inherited fromMiddle Frenchbouton,boton, fromOld Frenchbouton,boton(“button, bud”), fromVulgar Latin*bautōnem, accusative ofbautō, fromFrankish*bautō(“that which pushes up, bump, knob”), fromProto-West Germanic*bautan(“to beat, push”). Bysurface analysis,bouter +-on. Cognate withOld High Germanbōzo(“bundle, flaxbundle”),Old Saxonbōto(“bunch or bundle of flaxs”). CompareItalianbottone,Spanishbotón, which are borrowings of the French word.
FromOld Frenchboton, fromLate Latin*bottōnem, ofGermanic origin.