Where does “baiser” come from?
baiser (French) comes from Middle French baiser, from Old French baisier, from Latin bāsiō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
baiser (French): kiss; to kiss; to fuck, screw
Definitions
- kiss; to kiss; to fuck, screw
Ancestry of “baiser”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | baiser | to kiss; a kiss |
| 2 | Old French | baisier | to kiss; a kiss |
| 3 | Latin | bāsiō | to kiss |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |