English
rebuke
Rebuke comes from Anglo-Norman rebuker ‘to beat back, repel’, from Vulgar Latin *busca ‘wood, grove’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *buskaz ‘bush’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*buskaz‘bush’reconstructed
- Frankishc. 250–700*busk‘grove’reconstructed
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*busca‘wood, grove’reconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400*bukerreconstructed
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400rebuker‘to beat back, repel’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500rebuken
- Englishearliest quotation 2011rebuke
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*buskaz‘bush’reconstructed
- Frankishc. 250–700*busk‘grove’reconstructed
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*busca‘wood, grove’reconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400*bukerreconstructed
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400rebuker‘to beat back, repel’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500rebuken
- Englishearliest quotation 2011rebuke
Earliest quotation: 2011, Biblica, Holy Bible: New International Version: “O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to swell, grow’
be, been, power, possible, future, present, physical, improve, build, essential, bond, presence, bound, absence, contribution, physician, entity, booth, approve, probability, absent, favorable, fiat, distribute, contributor, favourable, imp, bun, attribution, retribution, impotent, impossibility, bower, beamer, aren, phylogeny, physic, phylum, approbation, boor, 81 more
through Proto-Germanic *buskaz ‘bush’
Today it means
noun A harsh criticism.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *buskaz / rebuke