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The English language has taken this name from many similar sounding variants in Europe. The origins are within old Dutch, French, Spanish and Italian. The Verb 'buoy' probably existed before the navigation item, meaning to Buoy up, keep something afloat, keep light. An early French word for a stomach bloated up. 'boi'
The middle Dutch term 'boeye' meaning to tether
In Germany they also call a navigation buoy a 'tonne', meaning a barrel or cask, which is what was used to make a floating mark.

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