bosta
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bosta
Attested since 1671. From Celtic, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷew- (“excrement; dung”) + the suffix *-st-;[1] Compare German Kot (“feces”), Welsh budr (“filthy”).
bosta f (plural bostas)
From Arabic بَسْطة (basṭa, “width, ampleness, increase, excellence”), rarer also بُسْطة (busṭa). Additionally, Maltese bosta is the regular outcome of Arabic بُسَطاء (busaṭāʔ, “the common people, the uneducated crowd”); it is possible, though not necessary, that this etymon also contributed to the Maltese word.
bosta
Attested since 1621.[1] From Celtic, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷew- (“excrement; dung”) + the suffix *-st-;[2] Compare German Kot (“feces”), Welsh budr (“filthy”).
Back-formation from bostal (“corral: cattle pen”), from Late Latin bōstar, būstar, from bōs (“bull”) and stāre (“to stand, remain; a standing, habitation”).[3]
bosta f (plural bostas)
bosta f (plural bostas)
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