Etymology

Bayliss

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Today it means: A surname from Old French. Full definition →

Old French bailis
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The story

  1. Old French · derived frombailis
  2. English todayBayliss

From Old French bailis, inflection of bailif (“bailiff, officer in a court of law”).

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchbailis all →

bailes

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.