Given name & surname · also Middle English
Boycott
“Bōia's cottage”
Boycott is a surname, probably from Middle English, ultimately from Germanic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Boycott probably goes back to Old English Bōia cot, meaning “Bōia's cottage.”
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Where it comes from
Boycott probably comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Probably from Middle English Boicote, from Old English Bōia cot (“Bōia's cottage”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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