abite
English
/əˈbaɪt/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To bite; eat; devour.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English abiten inherited from Old English ābītan (devour, consume, tear to pieces, eat, partake of, gnaw, taste, bite in pieces, bite) derived from Proto-Germanic *uz- (out, up, out-) prefix from English bite.
Origin
English
bite
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Frankenbite English
- afterbite English
- backbite English
- beetle English
- bitable English
- bite English
- biteable English
- bitee English
- biteforce English
- biteless English
- bitemark English
- biter English
- bitesheep English
- bitesome English
- bitest English
- biteth English
- bitewing English
- bitey English
- bitter English
- crossbite English
- fleabite English
- forbite English
- forebite English
- frostbite English
- midbite English
- minibite English
- overbite English
- rebite English
- scissor bite English
- shoebite English
- snakebite English
- taxbite English
- unbite English
- underbite English
- er- Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰrēḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *uds- Proto-Indo-European
- *uss- Proto-Indo-European
- *dwaiskijaną Proto-Germanic
- *mōtijô Proto-Germanic
- *rīsaną Proto-Germanic
- *uz- Proto-Germanic
- *uzlugi- Proto-Germanic
- *uzrīsaną Proto-Germanic
- a- Old English
- or- Old English
- æmetta Old English
- ā- Old English
- ābreġdan Old English
- ābītan Old English
- ācumba Old English
- ādwǣsċan Old English
- āgān Old English
- ǣmtiġ Old English
- abiten Middle English
- biten Middle English
- er- Middle Dutch
- ver- Middle Dutch
- ir- Old High German
- ur- Old High German
- ur-, ir- Old High German
- 𐌿𐍃- Gothic
- ur- Old Dutch
- orsake Middle Low German
- a- Old Saxon
- ā- Old Saxon
- orsagh Old Danish