Where does “bequeather” come from?
bequeather (English) comes from English bequeath, from Middle English biquethen, from Old English becweþan, from Old English be-, from Old English hrōpan, from Proto-West Germanic hrōpan, from Proto-Germanic hrōpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- — army.
bequeather (English): One who bequeaths
Definitions
- One who bequeaths
Ancestry of “bequeather”, step by step
bequeather traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bequeath
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bequeath | To give or leave by will; to give by testament;... |
| 2 | Middle English | biquethen | To bequeath; to hand down to one's successors by will |
| 3 | Old English | becweþan | to say or assert; to reproach; to bequeath |
| 4 | Old English | be- | a productive prefix usually used to form verbs... |
| 5 | Old English | hrōpan | to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl; to cry... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | hrōpan | to cry out, to call, to shout |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hrōpaną | to cry out, call, shout |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |