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

Alternative forms

• *bajulīvus

Etymology

From baiulus (“porter”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bai̯ˈliβʊs/

Noun

*baiulīvus m (oblique *baiulīvum); second declension

1. An official in charge of a castle; castellan; bailiff.

Inflection

Second declension.

Italo-Western declension of *baiulīvus
Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	*baiọlívọs	*baiọlívi
genitive	*baiọlívi	*baiọlivọ́rọ
dative	*baiọlívọ	*baiọlívis
accusative-ablative	*baiọlívọ	*baiọlívọs

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