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Where does “baillier” come from?

baillier (Old French) comes from Latin bāiulō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

baillier (Old French): to deliver, hand over, give; to lend, lease; to...

Definitions

  1. to deliver, hand over, give; to lend, lease; to...

Ancestry of “baillier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbāiulō—
2Latin-ō—
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “baillier”

  • bailiff
  • bailey
  • bailiffship
  • balì
  • balivo
  • bailli
  • bailler
  • bail
  • bailif
  • bailli
  • baillier
  • bailler
  • bailli
  • bailly
  • bay
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