English

by-business

Business aside from the main business.

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    Origin

    From by- + business.

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    Lineage

    • prefixEnglishby- “Town or city.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishby “town”
        • inheritedOld Englishbī “being near”
        • derivedOld Norsebýr “town, settlement”
      • derivedMiddle Englishbi-
        • inheritedOld Englishbe- “be-”
        • derivedOld Englishbī- “by, near, around”
    • partEnglishbusiness “A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishbisynes
        • inheritedOld Englishbisiġnes
      • borrowedHebrewפִּדְיוֹן “exchange; trade; redemption”
      • derivedPortugueseocupação “occupation; business”
      • derivedPortuguesebaixo “low”

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