Where does “bearish” come from?
Bearish derives from English bear, Old English bere, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European bʰers-, meaning to carry or bear, with the suffix -isċ added to form the adjective.
bearish (English): Resembling or likened to a bear, typically in...
Definitions
- Resembling or likened to a bear, typically in...
Ancestry of “bearish”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | bear | A large omnivorous mammal, related to the dog and... |
| 2 | Middle English | bere | bear; To pierce |
| 3 | Old English | bere | barley; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 7 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
Words derived from “bearish”