Where does “bescoll” come from?

bescoll (Catalan) comes from Catalan bascoll, from Catalan bat, from English bat, from French bât, from Old French bast, from Vulgar Latin bastum, from Latin bastāre, from Ancient Greek βαστάζω — to lift, lift up, raise; to bear, carry; to carry...

bescoll (Catalan): nape back of the neck

Definitions

  1. nape back of the neck

Ancestry of “bescoll”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanbascoll—
2Catalanbata place exposed to the elements
3EnglishbatAny of the flying mammals of the order...
4Frenchbâtpacksaddle
5Old Frenchbastpacksaddle
6Vulgar LatinbastumA stick
7Latinbastāre—
8Ancient Greekβαστάζωto lift, lift up, raise; to bear, carry; to carry...

Words derived from “bescoll”

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