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Word Origins

Words starting with b

WordOrigins
bilious

-adjective

Spanish bilioso

English bilious

bill (anatomy of bird)

-noun

Indian Tamil mookku ‘nose’

euskara(Basque) moko ‘bill’

billiards

-noun

Russian bilyarda

French billard

English billiards

binary

-adjective

Spanish binario

English binary

bind

-adjective, verb intransitive

Indian Sanskrit band ‘bond’, ‘tie’

d is our symbol for soft d sound as in this.

German binden ‘bind’

English bind

binding

-noun

Indian Sanskrit ban ‘bond’, ‘tie’

German die Bindung ‘binding’

English binding

bingo

-noun

euskara (Basque) bingo

English bingo

binoculars

-noun

Indian Hindi doorbeen

d is our symbol for soft d sound as in this.

Georgian (Kartuli ena) durbindi

Ladino durbin

Ladino is the language of Sephardic (wandering) Jews in Europe

Sephardic (pronounced as Sefardic) derives from Indian Hindi/Urdu safari ‘travel’

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Russian binokl

Spanish binocular

English binoculars

biochemical

-adjective

Indian Urdu kimiya ‘chemistry’

Arabic qimiya ‘chemistry’

euskara (Basque) biokimiko ‘biochemical’

English biochemical

Gaelic bith-cheimiceach.

biochemistry

-noun

Indian Urdu kimiya ‘chemistry’

Arabic qimiya ‘chemistry’

Russian biokhimiya

euskara(Basque) biokimika

French biochimie

English biochemistry

biodegradable

-adjective

French biodegradable

English biodegrable

biodiversity

-noun

Spanish biodiversidad

English biodiversity

biographer

-noun

French biographe

English biographer

biographical

-adjective

Russian biogaficheskiy

English biographical

biography

-noun

Russian biografiya

euskara (Basque) biografia

Spanish biografia

French biographie

English biography

biological

-adjective

Russian biologicheskiy

French biologique

English biological

biologist

-noun

Russian biolog

euskara (Basque) biologari

Spanish biologo

French biologiste

English biologist

biology

-noun

Russian  biologiya

euskara (Basque) biologia

Spanish biologia

French biologie

English biology

biped

-noun

Spanish bipedo

English biped

birch

-noun

Russian bereza

English birch

bird

-noun

Indian Tamil pull

Greek pooli ‘bird’

French poulet ‘chicken’

Spanish pollo (pronounced as poyo) ‘chicken’

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Indian Tamil parravai

Persian parande

birth

-noun

Gaelic breith

English birth

birthday

-noun

French anniversaire

English anniversary

biscuit

-noun

French biscuit

English biscuit

bison

-noun

Spanish bisonte

English bison

bitters (drink)

-noun

Spanish biter

English bitters

bivouac

-noun

Russian bivak

euskara (Basque) bibak

English bivouac

bizarre

-adjective

French bizarre

English bizarre

blackmail

-verb transitive

Indian chandaala

euskara (Basque) txantaia egin (pronounced as chantaia egin)

euskara (Basque) egin means ‘do’

blackmail

-noun

Indian chandaala

euskara (Basque) txantaia (pronounced as chantaia)

Spanish chantaje

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