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The A is a stepping stone — borrowed at rung 1 to keep boats a real word, then given back at the summit. There may be several par routes — the census above shows which ones climbers actually took.
A sturdy shoe that covers the ankle or leg.
Boot comes from Old French 'bote,' meaning a high shoe or riding boot, though the French word's own origin is uncertain. It entered English in the medieval period and has referred to sturdy footwear ever since. The word is unrelated to the computing term 'boot,' which comes from 'bootstrap.'
Full entry on Wiktionary ↗A large group of animals living together.
Herd comes from Old English 'heord,' with relatives in German 'Herde' and other Germanic languages. It has referred to groups of grazing animals since the earliest English records. The related word 'shepherd' preserves an older sense of a person who tends a herd.
Full entry on Wiktionary ↗Definitions give each word’s most common meaning — the full entries live at Wiktionary.