## Meanings
1. A person's first public performance or appearance.
2. The first public showing of a film, play, product, or other work.
3. To appear or be presented in public for the first time.

## Examples
- The young striker scored on his debut for the national team.
- The film made its debut at the Cannes festival.
- The band will debut their new song at the concert tonight.

## Derived Forms
- redebut
- undebuted

## Related Forms
- debutant
- debutante

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: début
- Root: but
- Root: butte
- Root: *but
- Root: bútr
- Root: *butą
- Root: *bʰewd-
- Root: debut

## Etymology
From French début, from Middle French, derivative of débuter (“to move, begin”), from dé- + but (“mark, goal”), from Old French but (“aim, goal, end, target”), from Old French butte (“mound, knoll, target”), from Frankish *but (“stump, log”), or from Old Norse bútr (“log, stump, butt”); both from Proto-Germanic *butą (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Old English butt (“tree stump”). More at butt. The Philippine sense is influenced by Spanish debut.

## AI Etymology
Debut is from French début, from Middle French, derivative of débuter (“to move, begin”), from dé- + but (“mark, goal”), from Old French but (“aim, goal, end, target”), from Old French butte (“mound, knoll, target”), from Frankish *but (“stump, log”), or from Old Norse bútr (“log, stump, butt”); both from Proto-Germanic *butą (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Old English butt (“tree stump”). More at butt. The Philippine sense is influenced by Spanish debut. In present-day use, it can mean a person's first public performance or appearance, or the first public showing of a film, play, product, or other work. Derived formations include redebut and undebuted.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Entertainment & Leisure

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