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BETEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
Named after its inventors Brunauer, Emmett and Teller.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗betEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From 16th-century criminal slang, perhaps from Middle English bet (“something better, advantage, luck”), from Old English bet, bett (“better”, adverb); or, alternatively from abet, from Middle English abet, abette, from Old French abet (“incitement to evil”), from Old French abeter (“to entice”), from a- (“to”) + beter (“hound on, urge, to bait”); ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *baitijan (“to bait, entice”), related to Old English bǣtan (“to bait”). More at abet.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗betEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From 16th-century criminal slang, perhaps from Middle English bet (“something better, advantage, luck”), from Old English bet, bett (“better”, adverb); or, alternatively from abet, from Middle English abet, abette, from Old French abet (“incitement to evil”), from Old French abeter (“to entice”), from a- (“to”) + beter (“hound on, urge, to bait”); ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *baitijan (“to bait, entice”), related to Old English bǣtan (“to bait”). More at abet.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗betEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Hebrew בית (bēt).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗betEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Abbreviation.
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