Where does “bec” come from?
bec (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman bec, from Old French bec, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
Ancestry of “bec”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | bec | — |
| 2 | Old French | bec | — |
| 3 | Latin | beccus | beak, bill |
| 4 | Latin | -āceus | — |
| 5 | Latin | -āx | — |
| 6 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |