Bittern Definition
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Noun
Origin of Bittern
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Alteration (perhaps influenced by tern) of Middle English bitour from Old French butor possibly from Vulgar Latin buti-taurus Latin būtiō buzzard Latin taurus bull (after its cry) tauro- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Old French butor, from Gallo-Roman *butitaurus, a blend of Latin būtiō (“bittern”) and taurus (“bull, ox”).
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From bitter with an unclear suffix, perhaps a dialect form of -ing.
From Wiktionary
From bitter
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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