< Reconstruction:Latin
Reconstruction:Latin/baiulivus
Latin
Alternative forms
- *bajulīvus
Etymology
From baiulus (“porter”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bai̯ˈliβʊs/
Noun
*baiulīvus m (genitive *baiulīvī); second declension
- An official in charge of a castle; castellan; bailiff.
Descendants
- Old French: bailif, baillif
- Middle French: baillif, bailli
- French: bailli
- Norman: bailli
- → Irish: báille
- → Italian: balì
- → Scottish Gaelic: bàillidh
- Picard: baileu
- Walloon: baileu, bailou, bayî
- → Italian: balivo
- → Middle English: baillif, bailif, balif, bailli, baili, bali, baley
- English: bailiff
- Scots: bailie
- → Medieval Latin: ballīvus, baillīvus
- → Middle Dutch: baliu, baeliu, bailiu, bailliu, baelyou, baeljuw, balgu, beliou
- Dutch: baljuw
- → Middle Low German: baliu, baliuw
- → Middle Dutch: baliu, baeliu, bailiu, bailliu, baelyou, baeljuw, balgu, beliou
- Middle French: baillif, bailli
- Portuguese: bailio