Where does “bite” come from?

bite (Middle English) comes from Old English bite, from Proto-Germanic bitiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

bite (Middle English): A bite; the act of biting

Definitions

  1. A bite; the act of biting

Ancestry of “bite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbitebite
2Proto-Germanicbitizbite
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bitiz →
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