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bud (n.)
late 14c.,
budde
, origin unknown, perhaps from Old French
boter
"push forward, thrust," itself a Germanic word (cf. Dutch
bot
"bud," Old Saxon
budil
"bag, purse," German
Beutel
), or perhaps from Old English
budd
"beetle."
bud (v.)
c.1400; see
bud
(n.). Related:
Budded
;
budding
.
