bid

bid · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʷʰedʰ-
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*bidjaną“to ask”
3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*biddjan
4. Middle English · derived frombidden
5. English todaybid

From Middle English bidden, from Old English biddan (“to ask, demand”), from Proto-West Germanic *biddjan, from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to ask”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ-. Conflated with Old English bēodan (“to offer, announce”) (see Etymology 2 below). Compare West Frisian bidde, Low German bidden, Dutch bidden ("to pray"), German bitten, Danish bede, Norwegian Bokmål be.

bid · verb, noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰewdʰ-“be awake, aware”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*beudaną“to offer”
3. Middle English · derived frombeden
4. English todaybid

From Middle English beden, from Old English bēodan (“to offer, announce”), from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“be awake, aware”). Conflated with Old English biddan (“to ask, demand”) (see Etymology 1 above). Compare Low German bieden, beden, Dutch bieden, German bieten, Danish byde, Norwegian Bokmål by. More at bede.

BID · adverb³

1. ['la · borrowed from',
2. Latin · borrowed frombis in diē
3. English todayBID

Borrowed from Latin bis in diē.

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