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Buoy

2 stages from Middle Dutch to English.

Today it means a floating device anchored in water to mark a location or warn of danger
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Stage 1 of 2
boeie
Middle Dutch · medieval
"a floating marker"
a float marking a location in water, possibly related to a word for a fetter or chain
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Stage 2 of 2
buoy
English · 1300s
"a floating marker in water"
settled as the English word for a floating navigational marker
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