English
boscage
Boscage comes from Late Latin boscus ‘wood, woodland’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *buskaz ‘forest, woods’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*buskaz‘forest, woods’reconstructed
- Frankishc. 250–700*buskreconstructed
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEboscus‘wood, woodland’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*boscāticum‘woodland, shrubbery’reconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400boscage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500boskage
- Englishearliest quotation 1811boscage
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*buskaz‘forest, woods’reconstructed
- Frankishc. 250–700*buskreconstructed
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEboscus‘wood, woodland’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*boscāticum‘woodland, shrubbery’reconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400boscage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500boskage
- Englishearliest quotation 1811boscage
Earliest quotation: 1811, Ben Jonson, The Dramatic Works: Embellished with Portraits: “At the entrance of the king, the first traverse…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to swell, grow’
be, been, power, future, present, possible, build, improve, physical, presence, essential, absence, contribution, bond, bound, physician, entity, approve, probability, absent, booth, favorable, distribute, contributor, fiat, bun, favourable, retribution, attribution, imp, impotent, impossibility, aren, bower, beamer, physic, phylum, phylogeny, approbation, bist, 80 more
through Proto-Germanic *buskaz ‘forest, woods’
through Frankish *busk
through Late Latin boscus ‘wood, woodland’
Today it means
noun A place set with trees or mass of shrubbery, a grove or thicket.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *buskaz / boscage