The story
- Breton · derived frombisou
- French · borrowed frombisel
- English todaybezel
Borrowed from French bisel, a dialectal variant of biseau (“sloping edge”), a variation on bijou (“jewel”), itself from Breton bisou, bizou (“ring worn on the finger”), from biz (“finger”). Unrelated to similar bevel, which is of a different French origin.
Words from the same roots
Frenchbisel all →
Bisel
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.