Masculine

boy

Meaning

Concepts

(historical, masculine, offensive) a male domestic servant, especially one with a darker skin in a colony
(informal, masculine) boy, young man

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɔi̯/

Borrowed from English

boy

Cognate with Middle Dutch

boye

Cognate with Dutch

boi

In summary

Borrowed from English boy. Cognate with Middle Dutch boye (“young man, boy”), whence Dutch boi (“boy”).

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male child

male servant

young male

huisboy

αγόρι

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