Where does “bekas” come from?
bekas (Polish) comes from French bécasse, from French bec, from Old French bec, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
bekas (Polish): snipe
Ancestry of “bekas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | bécasse | woodcock |
| 2 | French | bec | beak, bill; kiss |
| 3 | Old French | bec | — |
| 4 | Latin | beccus | beak, bill |
| 5 | Latin | -āceus | — |
| 6 | Latin | -āx | — |
| 7 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |