Etymology

bitey

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Today it means: Inclined to bite. Full definition →

English bite ← Middle English biten ← Old English bītan
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bitey · adjective1

From bite + -y (suffix forming adjectives). Compare West Frisian bitsich (“snappy”), Saterland Frisian bieterg (“snappish”), German Low German bittsig (“snappy”), German bissig (“snappy, snappish”).

bitey · noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeyd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéydt
  3. Proto-Germanic*bītaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*bītan
  5. Old Englishbītan
  6. Middle Englishbiten
  7. Englishbite
  8. English todaybitey

From bite + -y (suffix forming nouns).

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