Where does “baile” come from?

baile (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese baile, from Old French bailif, from Vulgar Latin baiulivus, from Latin bāiulus, from Proto-Germanic pakkô — bundle; pack; package.

baile (Galician): dance; first-person singular present subjunctive...

Definitions

  1. dance; first-person singular present subjunctive...

Ancestry of “baile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesebaile
2Old Frenchbailifbailiff
3Vulgar Latinbaiulivuscastellan
4Latinbāiulusa carrier: a porter
5Proto-Germanicpakkôbundle; pack; package
Every word from Proto-Germanic pakkôEvery word from Latin bāiulusEvery word from Vulgar Latin baiulivus