History and Etymology
Noun (1)
borrowed from French & Italian; French
buste "part of the torso above the waist," going back to Middle French, borrowed from Italian
busto "tree trunk" (15th-century Upper Italian), "part of the torso above the waist, corset, sculpture or painting representing the head and upper body," going back to Vulgar Latin
*būstis "trunk," perhaps alteration of Latin
fūstis "stick, rod, cudgel" by crossing with a Celtic word of like meaning
NOTE: Outcomes of *būstis in Italy with the meanin
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