Where does “Bedanfordscir” come from?
Bedanfordscir (Old English) comes from Old English Bedanford, from Serbo-Croatian bedan, from French bédane, from French bec, from Old French bec, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
Ancestry of “Bedanfordscir”, step by step
Bedanfordscir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English Bedanford
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | Bedanford | — |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | bedan | poor, destitute; miserable, pathetic; haggard |
| 3 | French | bédane | a type of chisel used in carpentry |
| 4 | French | bec | beak, bill; kiss |
| 5 | Old French | bec | beak, bill |
| 6 | Latin | beccus | beak, bill |
| 7 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 8 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 9 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 10 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Old English sċīr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | sċīr | bright; shire; county |
| 2 | Old English | burna | stream |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | brunnō | well, spring |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | brunnô | source; wellspring; fountain; brook; stream;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰréh₁wr̥ | well, spring, source |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrewh₁- | to boil; to brew |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰer- | to bear, carry |