bouée

Etymology
Partly from ; and partly continuing, from , ultimately from , from. Akin to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Less likely from, from , (this being the feminine singular form of , see here, an adjective ('of/concerning an ox'), used substantively with an understood δορά 'hide'). More at.

Noun

 * 1) buoy (nautical: a moored float)
 * 2) rubber ring