Where does “bailey” come from?
Bailey comes from Old French baile, derived from Latin baiulare, which traces to Latin vallum and ultimately Proto-Indo-European roots wel-, wal-, and welH-.
bailey (English): The outer wall of a feudal castle; The space...
Definitions
- The outer wall of a feudal castle; The space...
Ancestry of “bailey”, step by step
bailey traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French baillier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | baillier | to deliver, hand over, give; to lend, lease; to... |
| 2 | Latin | bāiulō | to carry a burden |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |