Etymology

Besser

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Middle High German bezzerære ← Old High German bezzern
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The story

  1. Old High German · derived frombezzern“to collect fines”
  2. Middle High German · derived frombezzerære
  3. English todayBesser

From the German surname, from Middle High German bezzerære, agent noun from Old High German bezzern (“to collect fines”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.