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Greek

boutyron

butter

1 / 1
Soft yellow butter pat with curl sliced by butter knife on small dish, creamy fat texture clear; no packaging, writing or bread feast.
noun / verb

butter

BUHT-er/ˈbʌtər/

A solid fat made from cream, used in cooking or spread on food.

Etymology
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Greek boutyron named the same milk fat. Its apparent meaning “cow-cheese” is uncertain: that analysis may be a folk etymology of a Scythian word.

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