Where does “Bigot” come from?

Bigot (English) comes from French bigot, from Middle French bigot, from Old French bigot, from Old English bī god — by God.

Bigot (English): One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc

Definitions

  1. One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc

Ancestry of “Bigot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbigotbigot, holier-than-thou; over-pious,...
2Middle Frenchbigot—
3Old Frenchbigot—
4Old Englishbī godby God

Words derived from “Bigot”

Every word from Old English bī god →Every word from Old French bigot →Every word from Middle French bigot →