Etymology

bevor

be·vor
B3E1V4O1R1

Today it means: A portion of plate armour to protect the lower face and the neck, typically in two parts, called upper bevor and lower bevor. Full definition →

Middle English baviere ← Old French baviere
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Old French · derived frombaviere“child's bib”
  2. Middle English · inherited frombaviere
  3. English todaybevor

From Middle English baviere, from Old French baviere (“child's bib”), from baver (“to slaver”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.