bay

bay · noun¹

1. Late Latinbaiader.?
2. Frenchbaie
3. English todaybay

From French baie, from Late Latin baia, probably ultimately from Iberian or Basque badia. Partly displaced native Old English byht, whence bight.

bay · noun²

1. Proto-Germanic*bazją
2. Proto-West Germanic*baʀi
3. Old Englishberġe?
4. Old Englishbeġerclip.?
5. Old English*beġ
6. Latinbāca
7. Old Frenchbaie
8. Middle Englishbaye
9. English todaybay

From Middle English baye, baie, from Old English beġ (“berry”), as in beġbēam (“berry-tree”), conflated with Old French baie, from Latin bāca (“berry”).

bay · noun³

1. Early Medieval Latin · derived frombatāre
2. Old French · derived frombaee, beee
3. English todaybay

From Middle English, from Old French baee, beee, from the verb beer (“gape open”), from Early Medieval Latin batāre. Compare Modern French baie. More at bevel, badinage.

bay · noun, verb⁴

From the root *bai, combined with aphetized form of abay; verbal form of baier, abaier.

bay · adjective, noun⁵

1. Latin · derived frombadius“reddish brown, chestnut”
2. Old French · derived frombai
3. Middle English · inherited frombay
4. English todaybay

From Middle English bay, bai, from Old French bai, from Latin badius (“reddish brown, chestnut”).

Bay · proper noun⁶

1. Somali · borrowed from[Term?]
2. English todayBay

From Somali [Term?].

Bay · proper noun, proper noun⁷

From bay.

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