butter

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US /ˈbʌt.əɹ/ UK /ˈbʌ.tə/ See IPA manual

Freq #2993

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1

noun
A soft yellow food made from cream, spread on bread or used in cooking.

She spread butter on her warm toast.
2

verb
To spread butter on something.

He buttered the bread before adding the cheese.
3

noun
A soft food made from another food, similar in texture to butter.

The kids love peanut butter on their sandwiches.

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Forms butteredbutteringbutters

Derived forms almond-butterback-butterbean-butterbread-and-butterbudderbutter-and-eggerbutter-and-eggsbutter-boxbutter-fatbutter-fingeredbutter-muslinbutter-slide

Related forms butter-hambutterfacebutterflybutyraceousghee

PIE word *gʷṓws Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws Proto-Hellenic *gʷous Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs) Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *tūrós Ancient Greek τυρός (turós) Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron)bor. Latin būtȳrumbor. Proto-West Germanic *buterā Old English butere Middle English buter English butter From Middle English buter, butter, from Old English butere, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, “cow cheese”), compound of βοῦς (boûs, “ox, cow”) and τῡρός (tūrós, “cheese”).

*tewh₂- Proto-Indo-European buter Middle English butere Old English *buterā Proto-West Germanic būtȳrum Latin βούτῡρον Ancient Greek

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# butter

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈbʌt.əɹ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈbʌ.tə/
**Frequency rank:** 2993

## Meanings
1. A soft yellow food made from cream, spread on bread or used in cooking.
2. To spread butter on something.
3. A soft food made from another food, similar in texture to butter.

## Examples
- She spread butter on her warm toast.
- He buttered the bread before adding the cheese.
- The kids love peanut butter on their sandwiches.

## Derived Forms
- almond-butter
- back-butter
- bean-butter
- bread-and-butter
- budder
- butter-and-egger
- butter-and-eggs
- butter-box
- butter-fat
- butter-fingered
- butter-muslin
- butter-slide

## Related Forms
- butter-ham
- butterface
- butterfly
- butyraceous
- ghee

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *tewh₂-
- Root: buter
- Root: butere
- Root: *buterā
- Root: būtȳrum
- Root: βούτῡρον

## Etymology
PIE word *gʷṓws Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws Proto-Hellenic *gʷous Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs) Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *tūrós Ancient Greek τυρός (turós) Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron)bor. Latin būtȳrumbor. Proto-West Germanic *buterā Old English butere Middle English buter English butter From Middle English buter, butter, from Old English butere, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, “cow cheese”), compound of βοῦς (boûs, “ox, cow”) and τῡρός (tūrós, “cheese”).

## AI Etymology
Butter comes from Middle English buter, butter, from Old English butere, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, “cow cheese”), compound of βοῦς (boûs, “ox, cow”) and τῡρός (tūrós, “cheese”). Butter's historical chain begins with Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws and Proto-Hellenic *gʷous and later passes through Latin būtȳrum, Proto-West Germanic *buterā, Old English butere, Middle English buter, English butter.

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