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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@...>
wrote:
> If somebody can well derive English boy here please to do it....
Marius
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American Heritage Dictionary has:
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English <boi>, possibly from Old French <embuié>,
servant, past participle of <embuier>, "to fetter".
Buck's "Synonyms" has:
ME,NE <boy>, E. Fris. <boi> "boy", prob. ON <bofi>, Du. <boef> "knave,
rogue", NHG <bube> "knave, servant", dial. "boy", orig. a nursery word
like NE <baby> etc.
I wouldn't bet on either.
Dan Milton