Where does “bigle” come from?
bigle (French) comes from French bicler, from Middle French biscler, from Vulgar Latin bisoculare, from Latin bis, from Latin color, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
bigle (French): cross-eyed; first-person singular present...
Definitions
- cross-eyed; first-person singular present...
Ancestry of “bigle”, step by step
bigle traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French bicler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bicler | to look, see |
| 2 | Middle French | biscler | to squint |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | bisoculare | to squint |
| 4 | Latin | bis | twice, two times, on two occasions, in two ways |
| 5 | Latin | color | colour, shade; color; pigment; complexion |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via English beagle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | beagle | A small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound,... |
| 2 | English | beadle | a parish constable, a uniformed minor official,... |
| 3 | Middle English | bedel | — |
| 4 | Old English | bydel | preacher; beadle, apparitor; warrant officer |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *būdil | pouch; bag |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | būdilaz | pouch; bag |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | beudaną | to offer, to bid |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewdʰ- | to be awake, be aware |