buisson
English
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French buison, boissun (“stand of wild shrubs”), diminutive of Old French bois, bosc (“area planted with trees”), from Frankish *bosk, *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow”). Cognate with Old Norse buskr (“bush”), Middle High German busch, bosch (“bush”), Middle English busshe. More at bush; bois + -on.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɥi.sɔ̃/
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Further reading
- “buisson” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
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