## Etymology
From Middle English botye, from Old French butin ('booty'), of Germanic origin, from Middle Low German bute, buten ('exchange, distribution, plunder'). Unrelated to the slang sense of buttocks.

## AI Etymology
Booty comes from Middle English botye, from Old French butin ('booty'), of Germanic origin, from Middle Low German bute, buten ('exchange, distribution, plunder'). Unrelated to the slang sense of buttocks. The historical trail runs through Old French butin and Middle Low German bute. The later sense follows a semantic development already present in the word's history. In modern use it means valuable goods seized as plunder; loot.

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