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Where does “bice” come from?

bice (English) comes from French bis, from French bise, from French biser, from French baiser, from Middle French baiser, from Old French baisier, from Latin bāsiō, from Latin -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

bice (English): A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native...

Definitions

  1. A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native...

Ancestry of “bice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbisplural of bi; beige; brown
2Frenchbisenorth wind; northeasterly; kiss; feminine...
3Frenchbiserto kiss
4Frenchbaiserkiss; to kiss; to fuck, screw
5Middle Frenchbaiserto kiss; a kiss
6Old Frenchbaisierto kiss; a kiss
7Latinbāsiō—
8Latin-ō—
9Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “bice”

  • bise
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