Where does “bâiller” come from?

bâiller (French) comes from Middle French bailler, from Old French bailler, from Latin bāiulāre, from Latin bāiulus, from Proto-Germanic pakkô — bundle; pack; package.

bâiller (French): to yawn

Definitions

  1. to yawn

Ancestry of “bâiller”, step by step

bâiller traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French bailler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchbaillerto bail; to entrust; Alternative form of baailler
2Old FrenchbaillerAlternative form of baillier
3Latinbāiulāre—
4Latinbāiulusa carrier: a porter
5Proto-Germanicpakkôbundle; pack; package

via Middle French baailler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchbaaillerto yawn
2Old Frenchbäaillierto yawn
3Latinbataculōto yawn
4Latinbatodative singular of batus; ablative singular of...

Words derived from “bâiller”

Every word from Proto-Germanic pakkô →Every word from Latin bāiulus →Every word from Latin bāiulāre →