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bottom

/ˈbɒt.əm/ noun

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In Latin: fundus, solum Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about bottom at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. The lower side of anything.
  2. The lowest part of anything.
    they started at the bottom of the hill
  3. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
    he deserves a good kick in the butt

verb

  1. Provide with a bottom or a seat.
    bottom the chairs
  2. Strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom.
  3. Come to understand.

adjective

  1. Situated at the bottom or lowest position.
    the bottom drawer
  2. The lowest rank.
    bottom member of the class

Origin

PIE word *bʰudʰmḗn Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-? Proto-Indo-European *-mḗn Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn Proto-Germanic *butmaz Proto-West Germanic *botm Old English botm Middle English botme English bottom From Middle English botme, botom, from Old English botm, bodan (“bottom, foundation; ground, abyss”), from Proto-West Germanic *butm, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz, *budmaz (“bottom; ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom”).

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