Where does “bet” come from?
bet (Tok Pisin) comes from English BET, from Hebrew בית, from English byte, from English bite, from Middle English biten, from Old English betēon, from Old English tēon, from Old English tēohan — to pull, to draw; to lead.
bet (Tok Pisin): bed; bet
Ancestry of “bet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | BET | An adsorption technique used to measure the... |
| 2 | Hebrew | בית | house; stanza; Temple |
| 3 | English | byte | A short sequence of bits that can be operated on... |
| 4 | English | bite | To cut into something by clamping the teeth; To... |
| 5 | Middle English | biten | to bite |
| 6 | Old English | betēon | to cover, surround, enclose; to cover, surround,... |
| 7 | Old English | tēon | to drag, draw, pull; to train, discipline; to... |
| 8 | Old English | tēohan | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | teuhan | to pull; to lead |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | teuhaną | to lead; to pull behind oneself, draw, drag |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |