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BayEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Somali [Term?].
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗BayEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
bayEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Etymology tree Iberiander. Late Latin baiader.? French baieder. English bay From French baie, from Late Latin baia, probably ultimately from Iberian or Basque badia. Partly displaced native Old English byht, whence bight.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗bayEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-West Germanic *baʀi Old English berġe? Old English beġerclip.? Old English *beġ Latin bācader. Old French baieder. Middle English baye English bay From Middle English baye, baie, from Old English beġ (“berry”), as in beġbēam (“berry-tree”), conflated with Old French baie, from Latin bāca (“berry”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗bayEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From Middle English, from Old French baee, beee, from the verb beer (“gape open”), from Early Medieval Latin batāre. Compare Modern French baie. More at bevel, badinage.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗bayEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
From the root *bai, combined with aphetized form of abay; verbal form of baier, abaier.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗bayEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
From Middle English bay, bai, from Old French bai, from Latin badius (“reddish brown, chestnut”).
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Chambers (1908)
1908- BayEnglish · e-37683-2414
Bay, bā, adj. reddish brown inclining to chestnut.—n. elliptical for 'bay-horse.'—n. Bayard (bā′ard), a bay-horse: a name for any horse generally, from 'Bayard,' the famous bay-coloured magic horse given to Renaud by Cha
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Bay, bā, n. an inlet of the sea with a wider opening than a gulf: an inward bend of the shore. [Fr. baie—Low L. baia, a harbour.]
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Bay, bā, n. the space between two columns: (Shak.) the space under one house gable: any recess.—n. Bay′-win′dow, any window forming a recess.—adj. Bay′-win′dowed. [O. Fr. baée—baer, to gape, be open; prob. conn. with the
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Bay, bā, n. the laurel-tree: (pl.) an honorary garland or crown of victory, originally of laurel: literary renown.—ns. Bay′berry; Bay′-rum, an aromatic stimulant used for the skin and hair, and prepared by distilling the
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Bay, bā, n. barking, baying (esp. of a dog when in pursuit): the combined cry of hounds in conflict with a hunted animal: used often of the last stand of a hunted animal when it faces the hounds at close quarters.—v.i. t
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Bay, Baye, bā, v.t. (Spens.) to bathe.
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