bec

Catalan

noun

Definitions

beak, bill

Etymology

Inherited from Latin beccus (beak) derived from Gaulish *beccos (chicken beak, small) derived from Proto-Celtic *bekkos (beak, hook, snout).

Origin

Proto-Celtic

*bekkos

Gloss

beak, hook, snout

Concept

Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*piccus Latin
beccus Latin
becco Italian
bec French
*bak- Proto-Indo-European
bec Middle English
bicar Galician
beko Ido
baec Norman
bico Old Portuguese
*bekkos Proto-Celtic
bèc Occitan
bec Friulian
bico Old Spanish
*beccos Gaulish
*bekkos Gaulish