débuter

Meaning

  1. to start
  2. to debut, to make one's debut

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/de.by.te/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, from dé- + but (“mark, goal”), from Old French but (“aim, goal, end, target”), of Germanic origin, either via Old French butte (“mound, knoll, target”) from Frankish *but (“stump, log”), or from Old Norse bútr (“log, stump, butt”); both from Proto-Germanic *butą (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰÀud- (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Old English butt (“tree stump”). More at English butt.

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