Bussy

See also: bussy

French

Etymology

There are over a dozen communes in France with this name, so multiple origins may be possible. The one in Oise was known in Roman times as Latin Buci, Bucedrium, from a suffixed form of buxus (“boxwood”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /by.si/

Proper noun

Bussy ?

  1. any of a number of communes in France

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Ernest Nègre, Toponymie générale de la France, Genève, Droz, 1990, p. 335.
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