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English word origin

Etymology of Bays

From Bay + -s. * (surname "Bays"): Patronymic from Bay.

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Unnumbered source etymology

Original entry ↗
name

A surname.

name

plural of Bay

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Bay + -s. * (surname "Bays"): Patronymic from Bay.

Inspect preserved source fields

Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.

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Imported from Wiktionary contributors; extracted by Tatu Ylonen / Wiktextract / Kaikki.org. Selected fields are reformatted and grouped; wording, source identity and etymology sections are retained. CC-BY-SA-4.0 applies to the imported source material.

Dump: 2026-10-01 · Extracted: 2026-10-30. These are snapshot dates, not the word’s first attestation or the page’s revision date.

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Machine-source provenance
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