Etymology

biz

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Today it means: Business, especially showbusiness. Full definition →

English businessclip. ← Middle English bisynes ← Old English bisiġnes
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  1. Proto-West Germanic*bisīg
  2. Old Englishbisiġ
  3. Old Englishbisiġnes
  4. Middle Englishbisynes
  5. Englishbusinessclip.
  6. English todaybiz

Clipping of business.

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