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Added 9 October 2026

booth

/buːð/ noun

In Latin: pergula Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about booth at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A table (in a restaurant or bar) surrounded by two high-backed benches.
Small area set off by walls for special use.
United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865).

Origin

Inherited from Middle English bothe, from Old East Norse *bóð, from Proto-Germanic *bōþō, *būþiz, *buþǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-. Compare Middle Low German bôde, Middle Dutch boede, German Bude.

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