Where does “beak” come from?
Beak comes from Old French bec, from Latin beccus, from Gaulish bekkos, from Proto-Celtic bekkos, from Proto-Indo-European bak-.
beak (English): "Anatomical uses"; "Figurative uses"; "Colloquial...
Definitions
- "Anatomical uses"; "Figurative uses"; "Colloquial...
Ancestry of “beak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | bec | — |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | bec | — |
| 3 | Old French | bec | beak, bill |
| 4 | Latin | beccus | beak, bill |
| 5 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 6 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 7 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |