bosk

Meaning

Noun

• A bush.
• A thicket; a small wood.

Origin

• From Middle English bosk, busk, variants of bush, from Old English busc, likely from Anglo-Latin bosca, from Late Latin busca, buscus, boscus, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-.
• The English word is cognate with Dalmatian buasc, French bois, Italian bosco, Middle Dutch bosch, busch (modern Dutch bos), Norwegian busk; Occitan boscs, Old High German busk (Middle High German busch, bosch, modern German Busch), Portuguese bosque, Spanish bosque, West Frisian bosk.
• Alternatively, the modern word may be a .