[…] Legend has it that the phrase “boot” in this occasion will come from Aged English and Middle English. The original phrase, bote, intended “to have an advantage” or “to have a thing provided in a cut price.” In excess of time, as the English language developed, the phrase bote grew to become “boot” and the rest is record. […]
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