Where does “bet” come from?

bet (Middle English) comes from Old English bet, from Proto-Germanic batiz — comparative degree of *wela.

bet (Middle English): Something or someone which is more wel (i.e. better)

Definitions

  1. Something or someone which is more wel (i.e. better)

Ancestry of “bet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbetbetter; rather
2Proto-Germanicbatizcomparative degree of *wela

Words derived from “bet”

Every word from Proto-Germanic batiz →