Etymology of the English word bid
the English word
bidderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*biudananderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷhedh-Derivations in English
biddable,
outbid,
overbid,
rebid,
underbid,
bidding,
forbade,
forbid,
forbiddenCognates
Dutch
bieden, Dutch
bidden, German
bieten, German
bitten, Icelandic
bjóda, Icelandic
bidja, Latin
petere, Swedish
bjuda, Swedish
bedja, Yiddish
betnUsage
Word found in Modern English
