Masculine

bouton

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(masculine) button
(masculine) bud
(masculine) pimple, spot, zit

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/bu.tɔ̃/

Inherited from Middle French

Inherited from Old French

Cognate with Old High German

Cognate with Old Saxon

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Cognate with Spanish

In summary

Inherited from Middle French bouton, boton, from Old French bouton, boton (“button, bud”), from Vulgar Latin *bautōnem, accusative of bautō, from Frankish *bautō (“that which pushes up, bump, knob”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan (“to beat, push”). By surface analysis, bouter (“to push”) + -on. Cognate with Old High German bōzo (“bundle, flaxbundle”), Old Saxon bōto (“bunch or bundle of flaxs”). Compare Italian bottone, Spanish botón, which are borrowings of the French word.