Type Word & Element Usage Anglo-Saxon [1] Meaning & History Old English word meaning "remedy, help". Related ItemsDetails Other Languages & Culturesbōtō(Old Germanic) bót(Old Norse) Given Name DescendantBotwulf(Anglo-Saxon) Same Spellingbót, bot 1 Sources & References Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 72.