The story
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéydt
- Proto-Germanic*bītaną
- Proto-Germanic*baitijaną
- Old Norsebeita
- Middle Englishbayte
- Englishbait
- English today-bait
From bait.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
-bait
Today it means: Forms nouns which refer to acts of manipulation or manipulative material which seek to elicit a particular response. Full definition →
English bait ← Middle English bayte ← Old Norse beita