Talk:bugbear
Add topicLatest comment: 2 years ago by Soap in topic Etymology
Etymology
[edit]What is the etymology of this word? --Caltor (talk) 14:22, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
How reliable etymology from bug + bear is (vs. bugaboo & bogeyman listed below, these are similar but have nothing to do with either bugs or bears)? 178.46.112.197 14:12, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
- At least bogeyman is probably cognate, and bugaboo might be too, so I think the etymology is fairly likely, though as with so many words we are really just taking an educated guess. Its possible that when you wrote this four years ago, our etymology for bug was different, but as it stands now we specifically state that bogey is "probably" cognate to bug. —Soap— 12:25, 20 August 2022 (UTC)