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Where does “biais” come from?

biais (French) comes from Old Occitan biais — oblique direction.

biais (French): means, way; angle, aspect, way; bias

Definitions

  1. means, way; angle, aspect, way; bias

Ancestry of “biais”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanbiaisoblique direction

Words derived from “biais”

  • bias
  • biasing
  • debiasing
  • antibias
  • biasness
  • debias
  • nonbias
  • unbias
  • rebias
  • overbias
  • biaiser
  • biaisement
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