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Translation

boot

Word origin

From French botte, a tall riding boot, whose own origin before Old French is not settled. The same word reached English as boot.

Origin
French
Root
botte
English cognates
boot, bootee

Examples

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In the rain I wear tall boots.

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His boots are full of mud.

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She bought new boots for the winter.

A is a that comes up the leg. The dividing line is the ankle, not the material, so a wellington, a walking boot and a cavalry boot are all while a brogue is a however heavy it is.

The useful derivations are the ordinary ones: o for the bootmaker, o for the shop, senbota for barefoot in the specifically bootless sense. Note that has nothing to do with the back of a car - that is a kofro, from the trunk, and the English word "boot" there is a separate metaphor Esperanto simply did not borrow.

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This word is part of lesson 37.