Where does “bailler” come from?

bailler (Middle French) comes from Old French bailler, from Latin bāiulāre, from Latin bāiulus, from Proto-Germanic pakkô — bundle; pack; package.

bailler (Middle French): to bail; to entrust; Alternative form of baailler

Definitions

  1. to bail; to entrust; Alternative form of baailler

Ancestry of “bailler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchbaillerAlternative form of baillier
2Latinbāiulāre—
3Latinbāiulusa carrier: a porter
4Proto-Germanicpakkôbundle; pack; package

Words derived from “bailler”

Every word from Proto-Germanic pakkô →Every word from Latin bāiulus →Every word from Latin bāiulāre →