bottom

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The lowest part of something.

   They waited at the bottom of the hill.

2. 2
   adj

   Lowest in position or rank.

   His name was on the bottom line of the list.

3. 3
   noun

   The most basic or essential part of a matter.

   The detective was determined to get to the bottom of the mystery.

PIE word *bʰudʰmḗn 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”). Cognates Cognate with Yola bothom, bottom (“bottom”), Saterland Frisian Boudem (“floor; ground”), West Frisian boaiem (“floor; ground”), Dutch bodem, boom, boôm (“bottom; ground, soil”), German Boden (“floor; ground; soil”), Limburgish baom (“bottom; ground, soil”), Luxembourgish Buedem (“bottom; earth, soil”), Vilamovian bödum (“bottom; gr…

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