Reconstruction:Latin/baiulivus

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From baiulus (“porter”) +‎ -īvus. Eventually attested in Medieval Latin as ballīvus, by that point a borrowing from Old French.

Noun

*baiulīvus m (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

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, Balivo
- → Middle English: baillif, bailif, balif, bailli, baili, bali, baley
  - English: bailiff
  - Scots: bailie
- → Sicilian: baulì
- → Medieval Latin: ballīvus, baillīvus
  - → Middle Dutch: baliu, baeliu, bailiu, bailliu, baelyou, baeljuw, balgu, beliou
    - Dutch: baljuw
    - → Middle Low German: baliu, baliuw
- → Portuguese: bailio