»bowyer

What fascinates me about bowyer is not its meaning ("one who makes bows"), but its root: "From Old English boga, ultimately from the Indo-European root bheug- (to bend) that is also the source of bagel, buxom, and bog." An online edition of the American Heritage Dictionary provides more detailed eytmological information.

salim filed this under lingo at 09h55 Monday, 16 April 2007 (link) (Yr two bits?)