English
booth
Booth comes from Middle English bothe ‘a store, kiosk or booth, especially a…’, from Proto-Germanic *bōþō ‘building, hut’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, become, grow, appear’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰuH-‘to be, become, grow, appear’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*būaną‘to dwell, reside’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*bōþō‘building, hut’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350búð‘a temporary building, tent, booth’
- Old East Norsemodern*bóðreconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500bothe‘a store, kiosk or booth, especially a temporary one’
- Englishearliest quotation 1922booth
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰuH-‘to be, become, grow, appear’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*būaną‘to dwell, reside’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*bōþō‘building, hut’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350búð‘a temporary building, tent, booth’
- Old East Norsemodern*bóðreconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500bothe‘a store, kiosk or booth, especially a temporary one’
- Englishearliest quotation 1922booth
Earliest quotation: 1922, Eric Rücker Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance: “When Gro came to the Witches’ booths he found…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, become, grow, appear’
be, been, power, possible, future, present, build, physical, improve, presence, essential, bush, absence, contribution, bond, physician, entity, approve, probability, absent, favorable, distribute, contributor, fiat, bun, favourable, retribution, attribution, imp, bouquet, rebuke, impossibility, impotent, aren, bower, beamer, phylogeny, physic, phylum, approbation, 82 more
through Proto-Germanic *būaną ‘to dwell, reside’
through Middle English bothe ‘a store, kiosk or booth, especially a…’
Today it means
noun A small stall for the display and sale of goods.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- / booth