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Where does “abayer” come from?

abayer (Middle French) comes from Old French abaier, from Old French bai, from Latin badius, from Proto-Indo-European bodyos — yellow.

abayer (Middle French): to bark

Definitions

  1. to bark

Ancestry of “abayer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchabaierto bark
2Old Frenchbaibay-colored
3Latinbadiusreddish brown, chestnut colored, bay
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbodyosyellow
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