The story
- Middle Irish · derived frombíatach“providing food”
- Irish · borrowed frombiatach
- English todaybetagh
From Irish biatach, from Middle Irish bíatach (“providing food”), ultimately from bíad (“food”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
betagh
Today it means: A tenant that provides food for a household. On Anglo-Norman manors, these workers were servile to their lords. Full definition →
Irish biatach ← Middle Irish bíatach