Where does “bailor” come from?
Bailor comes from English bail, from Latin baiulāre meaning to carry or bear, ultimately from Proto-Italic -os.
bailor (English): One who bails property; one who places property...
Definitions
- One who bails property; one who places property...
Ancestry of “bailor”, step by step
bailor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bail
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bail | Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for... |
| 2 | Middle English | beyle | ring, bracelet; handle; support (of roof) |
| 3 | Old English | biegels | arch |
| 4 | Old English | bīeġan | to bend, turn, turn back, incline, depress,... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bi- | by, at |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bi | by, at; near, around |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via English ‐or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 2 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |