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
  • Picard: baileu
  • Walloon: baileu, bailou, bayî
  • → Italian: balivo
  • → Middle English: baillif, bailif, balif, bailli, baili, bali, baley
  • → Medieval Latin: ballīvus, baillīvus
    • → Middle Dutch: baliu, baeliu, bailiu, bailliu, baelyou, baeljuw, balgu, beliou
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