Word Origins
Words starting with b
| Word | Origins |
|---|---|
| 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’
---
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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