The story
- German · borrowed fromBiss“bite”
- Middle English · derived frombis“dark, murky, gray”
- English todayBiss
Two main origins: * English surname from Middle English bis (“dark, murky, gray”), an adjective related to French bis (“beige”) and Italian bigio (“ash gray, dun”). * Borrowed from German Biss (“bite”), a nickname for a cutting, sarcastic person.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.