1. būfo — Lewis & Short
būfo, ōnis, m.root bu-; cf. 2. bubo, bos,
I a toad, Verg. G. 1, 184.
The corpus record — Latin
bufo
bufo · m
a toad
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Where it lives
- Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
What it meant
2. büfó — Walde–Hofmann
büfó, -önis m. ,Króte* (seit Verg., in Gl. auch , Waldmaus*, vgl. gasc. bouhon „Maulwurf“, s. Rolland Faune pop. VII 18; vgl. auch büfa [.ws?] „giftiger Käfer, Bounpnorig* Diosc. 1, 50 mit kors. buvone ,Küfer*): wohl nach Niedermann BB. 25, 83f., Ernout EL. dial. lat. 130 als o.-u. Lehnwort aus *gröbhö zu apr. gabawo f. „Kröte* (*g*abh-, Trautmann Apr. 334), aksl usw. Zaba „Frosch“ (*g*&bh-), ahd. quapp/i)e, quappo, … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. büfó, p. 153]
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Where it came from
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. büfó (scan p. 153; entry #460). Root candidates: *bhü-.
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