Etymology

bigg

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Today it means: To build. Full definition →

Middle English biggen ← Old Norse byggja
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bigg · verb1

  1. Old Norse · derived frombyggja
  2. Middle English · inherited frombiggen
  3. English todaybigg

From Middle English biggen, from Old Norse byggja. See boor and bound.

bigg · noun2

Of Scandinavian origin.

Bigg · proper noun3

  1. Middle English · derived frombig“building”
  2. Middle English · derived frombigge“big”
  3. English todayBigg

* As an English surname, from Middle English bigge (“big”). * Also as an English surname, from Middle English big (“building”), derived from biggen (“dwell, build”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Bick. Compare Big.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishbiggen all →

Old Norsebyggja all →

Middle Englishbig all →

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