13c., from O.Fr. bovier "herdsman," from L. bovis, gen. of bos "cow, ox." Later re-borrowed (1581) from Du. boer, from M.Du. gheboer "fellow dweller," from P.Gmc. base *bu- "dwell" (cf. second element of neighbor). Original meaning was "peasant farmer" (cf. Ger. Bauer, Du. boer, Dan. bonde), and in Eng. it was at first applied to agricultural laborers in or from other lands, as opposed to the native yeoman; negative connotation first attested 1562 (in boorish), from notion of clownish rustics.

a coarse, ill-mannered person

Arabic: شَخْصٌ فَظٌّ , * ريفيٌّ Chinese (Simplified): 粗野的人，不懂礼貌的人 Chinese (Traditional): 粗野的人，不懂禮貌的人 Czech: křupan, neotesanec Danish: ubehøvlet person Dutch: lomperd Estonian: mühakas Finnish: moukka French: butor German: der Flegel Greek: αγροίκος Hungarian: bunkó Icelandic: ruddi Indonesian: orang kasar, orang yang tak tahu sopan, *adat Italian: zoticone	Japanese: 無作法者 Korean: 무례한 사람 Latvian: rupjš cilvēks; tēviņš Lithuanian: mužikas Norwegian: bølle, tølper Polish: gbur Portuguese (Brazil): grosseirão Portuguese (Portugal): grosseirão Romanian: ţăran, ţărănoi Russian: хам Slovak: neokrôchanec Slovenian: neotesanec Spanish: patán Swedish: tölp, bondlurk Turkish: kaba, *görgüsüz kimse, hödük