Where does “bec” come from?

bec (Middle French) comes from Vulgar Latin beccus, from Gaulish bekkos, from Proto-Celtic bekkos, from Proto-Indo-European baḱ- — club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg.

bec (Middle French): beak

Definitions

  1. beak

Ancestry of “bec”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinbeccusbeak, bill
2Gaulishbekkos—
3Proto-Celticbekkosbeak, snout
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbaḱ-club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg

Words derived from “bec”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European baḱ- →