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bait

/ˈbeɪt/BAYT
/ˈbeɪt/BAYT

Meaningto make bite

Common meaning: food used to lure

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√BHID‘cleave, bite’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 240, p. 738 · scan
  2. Old Norse (Icelandic)beitasource
  3. Middle Englishbaitensource
  4. Englishbait‘food used to lure’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old Norse (Icelandic) beita ‘to make bite’.

Roots

  • beita Old Norse (Icelandic) “to urge hounds to attack”

Related words

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