Where does “beck” come from?
beck (English) comes from German beck, from Middle Low German beck, from Dutch bek, from Middle Dutch bec, from Old French bec, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
beck (English): A stream or small river; A significant nod, or...
Definitions
- A stream or small river; A significant nod, or...
Ancestry of “beck”, step by step
beck traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German beck
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | beck | baker |
| 2 | Middle Low German | beck | — |
| 3 | Dutch | bek | a bird's beak; any animal's mouth; a human mouth |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | bec | — |
| 5 | Old French | bec | beak, bill |
| 6 | Latin | beccus | beak, bill |
| 7 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 8 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 9 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 10 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |