Bust

Morpheme

Bust

Type

free base

Denotation

torso, upperbody

Etymology

French buste; Italian busto; Latin bustum, possibly from ambustum, from ambūrere, from ambi- + ūrere

Evidence

bust, bustier, bustiest, bustlike, bustline, busts, busty, overbust, underbust

Notes

<Bust + -y + -er> and <Bust + -ier> are homographs but not homophones

See Also

Amb, Bust, Ust