Where does “bezel” come from?
bezel (English) comes from Dutch Beesel, from Dutch lo, from Sranan Tongo lo, from English rōw, from English roll, from Middle English rolle, from Old French rolle, from Medieval Latin rotulus — ingot.
bezel (English): The sloping edge or face on a cutting tool; The...
Definitions
- The sloping edge or face on a cutting tool; The...
Ancestry of “bezel”, step by step
bezel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch Beesel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Beesel | — |
| 2 | Dutch | lo | matrilineal clan within a Maroon tribe |
| 3 | Sranan Tongo | lo | to row |
| 4 | English | rōw | A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc |
| 5 | English | roll | To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to... |
| 6 | Middle English | rolle | — |
| 7 | Old French | rolle | registration |
| 8 | Medieval Latin | rotulus | a roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a... |
| 9 | Latin | rotula | a small wheel; roll |
| 10 | Arabic | رَطْل | — |
| 11 | Classical Syriac | ܪܝܛܠܐ | — |
| 12 | Classical Syriac | ܠܝܛܪܐ | libra, pound |
| 13 | French | litre | litre |
| 14 | Medieval Latin | litra | — |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | λίτρα | litra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of... |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | *līðrā | ingot |
via French bisel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bisel | — |
| 2 | French | biseau | bevel; bezel |
| 3 | Old French | besel | — |
| 4 | Latin | bis-alus | stone with two sides |
| 5 | Latin | bis | twice, two times, on two occasions, in two ways |
| 6 | Latin | color | colour, shade; color; pigment; complexion |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |