bailif

Old French

Alternative forms

• baillif

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *baiulīvus, from Latin baiulus.

Noun

bailif oblique singular, m (oblique plural bailis, nominative singular bailis, nominative plural bailif)

1. bailiff (officer in a court of law)

Descendants

• 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