Words that come from Old French “bai”

105 words across 28 languages descend from Old French bai — including Bay, bay, bays, baize, Torbay, embayment, bayberry, sickbay.

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English (38)

French (8)

Irish (6)

Italian (5)

Spanish (5)

Tagalog (5)

Catalan (3)

Cebuano (3)

Esperanto (3)

Russian (3)

Swedish (3)

Ido (2)

Dutch (2)

Japanese (2)

Portuguese (2)

Old French (2)

Xhosa (2)

Hiligaynon (1)

Middle French (1)

Welsh (1)

German (1)

Papiamentu (1)

Middle English (1)

Maltese (1)

Ukrainian (1)

Cornish (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Zulu (1)