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hmm my strictly old English aka Anglo saxon dictionary doesnt give any word bus

nor could there have been a word for a bus in the old English language

but the present English word bus is old enough to go back to 1832 anyway

when a public conveyance which had been called an omnibus since 1820 was shortened to bus

perhaps by commuters in a hurry to catch it

omnibus itself was just an old latin word meaning

for the benefit or use of all & everyone

its forgotten omni part means all & everyone

& the bus suffix means for the benefit or use of

so basically the old English word for bus

to the extent that it really is old at all

came from the much older latin suffix meaning

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