Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-?
Proto-Indo-European *-mḗn
Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn
Proto-Germanic *butmaz
Proto-West Germanic *botm
Old English botm
Middle English botme
English bott(om)
Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-
Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English botty
From bott(om) + -y.
Meanings
(UK, childish, slang) Bottom.
There once was a soft luscious botty,
That was spanked very hard and a lotty.
Until one day,
In the month of May,
It was black and blue and looked grotty. 2010, Zorba Tocks, The Taming of the Twins and a Selection of Illustrated Limericks:
Stepped in a rave with ying and yang, that’s me and bro with the botties / Ride around in the back of a cab, that’s me and this thing from Tottie 2020 October 17, “Ying Yang”, performed by #TNB MA x Mighty1 x Di, 1:48 and from 2:55:
Sticks and Stones may break my bones / Not when I back this botty 2017 August 4, “Sticks and Stones”performed by Zone 2 (Kwengface x Trizzac x PS):
If Kizz step with a botty / You know it's packed with two big cylinders 2019 May 21, “Can’t Rate” (0:46 from the start), Yanko (7th) (lyrics):
Such a nasty biggoty-botty man, 'e were, tew. Us 'eard 'im, more'n once, puttin' on 'is parts with young mistress Mary Emma. But 'twere Wade Southwood 'eared yer bumbaistin' t' maister that day! 2010, J. A. Noble, The Lime Walk, page 115:
[…] and folk do say he be very fond on her; but for my part, I has I a better opinion o' Mistress Alice, than to allow she can take up with sich a dangerous-looking, botty man as Lieutenant Biddulph be's. 1834, anonymous author, Barnadiston: A Tale of the Seventeenth Century, volume 2, page 88: