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but.

aim

3 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/byt/

  1. aim

    masculine

  2. goal (result one is attempting to achieve)

    masculine

  3. goal (in the place, act, or point sense)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle French but (“mark, goal”), from Old French but (“aim, goal, end, target”), from Old French butte (“mound, knoll, target”), from Frankish *but (“stump, log”), or from Old Norse bútr (“log, stump, butt”); both from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“end, piece”). Cognate with Old English butt (“tree stump”); see butt. The semantic development from "mound" to "target" is likely from martial training practice. The final /t/ is from the old pausal and liaison pronunciation; its (partial) restoration as the basic form may have been reinforced by related butte.

verb/by/

  1. third-person singular past historic of boire

    form-of · historic · past · singular · third-person
Where this word comes from

From boire.

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