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bosc
Frankish · medieval
"wood, grove"
a Germanic word meaning "wood" or "grove"
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bosquet
Old French · medieval
"a small thicket"
a diminutive meaning "a small wood or thicket"
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bouquet
French · 1600s
"a bunch of flowers"
came to mean a bunch of flowers gathered like a small thicket
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bouquet
English · 1700s
"an arranged bunch of flowers"
adopted directly from French
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