"cowboy," 1907, American English, earlier buckayro (1889), bakhara (1827), from Spanish vaquero "cowboy," from vaca "cow," from Latin vacca, a word of uncertain origin. Spelling altered by influence of buck (n.1).
bubonic
buccal
buccaneer
Bucephalus
buck
buckaroo
buckboard
bucket
buckeye
buckhorn
Buckinghamshire