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booth (n.)

c. 1200, mid-12c. in place-names, "temporary structure of boards, etc.," especially a stall for the sale of goods or food or entertainment, at a fair, etc., from Old Danish boþ "temporary dwelling," from East Norse *boa "to dwell," from Proto-Germanic *bowan-, from PIE root *bheue- "to be, exist, grow." See also bower, and compare German Bude "booth, stall," Middle Dutch boode, Lithuanian butas "house," Old Irish both "hut," Bohemian bouda, Polish buda, some of which probably were borrowed from East Norse, some independently formed from the PIE root.

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Definitions of booth from WordNet
1
booth (n.)
a table (in a restaurant or bar) surrounded by two high-backed benches;
booth (n.)
small area set off by walls for special use;
Synonyms: cubicle / stall / kiosk
booth (n.)
a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment;
2
Booth (n.)
United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865);
Synonyms: John Wilkes Booth
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