2006-07-02 18:21:14 · 9 answers · asked by Z, unnecessary letter 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I'm looking for the ORIGIN of the term, I already know the meaning
2006-07-02 18:27:33 · update #1
The modern as well as the early forms of "booty", point to a Middle English long ō, and thus to connexion with bōt/boot (noun - advantage, and verb - to profit). But there is no accounting for such a formation from bōt/boot directly; and it is generally held that the English word is due to an adaptation of some word cognate with the German "beute," the French "butin" and influenced in form by association with bōt/boot.
The Modern German "beute" stems from "býti" (exchange, barter) and is connected with "býta" (to deal out, to distribute), all with the sense ‘booty’.
"Butin," from French (which itself has German roots), was used side by side with "boty" and "booty" during the 16th Century. It is curious that the first known (English) instances of both "butin" an "booty" occur in Caxton's "Chesse," within a few lines of each other, and both used in the sense of "to plunder, to spoil, to prey." Caxton is also known to use "buty" at a later date.
2006-07-02 20:48:15 · answer #1 · answered by rei_t_ex 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war.
Goods or property seized by force or piracy.
BOOTY [late Middle English] ‘Booty’ first referred to the plunder that was acquired in common and was then divided; the source is Middle Low German ‘bute,’ ‘buite.’ exchange, distribution, but earlier details of the origin are uncertain. The notion of sharing gradually became a less prominent feature of the meaning.
2006-07-02 18:25:54 · answer #2 · answered by G.V. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Define Pirate
2016-10-05 03:16:42 · answer #3 · answered by bardin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The traditional meaning of booty is something both valuable and acquired by force or daring. The proceeds of criminal activity are sometimes referred to as booty, especially from piratical exploits. Historically, booty included plunder (from an enemy), loot (from piracy), or a prize (won by daring).
2006-07-02 18:26:02 · answer #4 · answered by gnomes31 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-02 00:10:18 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
booty
"plunder, gain, profit," c.1439, from O.Fr. butin "booty," from M.L.G. bute "exchange;" infl. in form and sense by boot (2). Meaning "female body considered as a sex object" is 1920s, black slang.
2006-07-02 18:36:29 · answer #6 · answered by tobykeogh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a snack food shaped as a boot!
2006-07-12 10:11:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-04 07:04:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because gettin a little booty is like gold! i could not help myself
2006-07-10 07:10:31 · answer #9 · answered by jorgevanderburgh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard that it came from sailors storing their valubles in their boots. But, They say and I heard are the two biggest liars I've ever met.
2006-07-02 18:25:29 · answer #10 · answered by R S 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋