Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *bōjō Old English *bōia Middle English boye English boy From Middle English boy /boye (“servant, commoner, knave, boy”), from Old English *bōia (“boy”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōjō, from Proto-Germanic *bōjô (“younger brother, young male relation”), from Proto-Germanic *bō- (“brother, close male relation”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-, *bʰāt- (“father, elder brother, brother”). Cognate with Scots boy (“boy”), West Frisian boai (“boy”), Dutch boi (“boy”), Low German Boi (“boy”), and probably to the Old English proper name Bōia. Also related to West Flemish boe (“brother”), Norwegian dialectal boa (“brother”), Dutch boef (“rogue, knave”), Bavarian Bua (“young boy, lad”), German Bube ("boy; knave; jack"; > English bub), Icelandic bófi (“rogue, crook, bandit, knave”). See also bully.

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But the boy 👦 never took his eye 👁️ off his new 🆕 friend .

The old man returned the book 📖 to the boy 👦 .

The next day , the boy 👦 returned to the well , hoping to see 👀 the girl 👧 .

" I can clean up those glasses in the window 🪟 , if you want ," said the boy 👦 .

Looking down at the spoon 🥄 he 👨 held , the boy 👦 saw 🪚 that the oil was gone .

He 👨 was the ninth 9th child 🧒 and the first 1st boy 👦 after eight girls .

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Pronunciado como (IPA)

/bɔɪ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio

boy//boye

Heredado de inglés antiguo

*bōia

Cognado con escocés

boy

Cognado con frisón occidental

boai

Cognado con neerlandés

boi

Cognado con bajo alemán

Boi

Cognado con inglés antiguo

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Cognado con Vlaams

boe

Cognado con noruego

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Cognado con neerlandés

boef

Cognado con Bavarian

Bua

Cognado con alemán

Bube

Cognado con islandés

bófi

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But the boy
👦

never took his eye
👁️

off his new
🆕

friend .

The old man returned the book
📖

to the boy
👦

.

The next day , the boy
👦

returned to the well , hoping to see
👀

the girl
👧

.

" I can clean up those glasses in the window
🪟

, if you want ," said the boy
👦

.

Looking down at the spoon
🥄

he
👨

held , the boy
👦

saw
🪚

that the oil was gone .

He
👨

was the ninth
9th

child
🧒

and the first
1st

boy
👦

after eight girls .