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Where does “bai” come from?

bai (French) comes from Old French bai, from Latin badius, from Proto-Indo-European bodyos — yellow.

bai (French): bay

Definitions

  1. bay

Ancestry of “bai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbaibay-colored
2Latinbadiusreddish brown, chestnut colored, bay
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbodyosyellow

Words derived from “bai”

  • bays
  • baize
  • baized
  • bayo
  • bahía
  • baya
  • baies
  • baie
  • Bai
  • baies
  • baia
  • baai
  • bahiya
  • bayo
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