bait
English
/beɪt/
noun
Definitions
- Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
- Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
- Anything which allures; something used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something
- A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bayte derived from Old Norse beita (bait, cause to bite, food, let graze, feed, make bite, incite, hunt, rest) derived from Proto-Germanic *baitō (bait, food, that which is bitten) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (split, break, cleave, separate, chop, break down), *bʰeyd- (split, break, cleave, separate, chop, break down).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰeyd-
Gloss
split, break, cleave, separate, chop, break down
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- baitable English
- baitcaster English
- baitcasting English
- baiter English
- baitest English
- baiteth English
- baitfish English
- baitholder English
- baithook English
- baitless English
- baitshop English
- baitware English
- baitwell English
- bear English
- bearbait English
- bit English
- bitter English
- boatswain English
- caster English
- casting English
- click English
- clickbait English
- clickbaiter English
- clickbaity English
- crank English
- crankbait English
- crow English
- crowbait English
- dick English
- dickbait English
- fish English
- fishbait English
- fissile English
- flame English
- flamebait English
- fuck English
- fuckbait English
- gay English
- gaybait English
- ground English
- groundbait English
- holder English
- hook English
- jail English
- jailbait English
- link English
- link bait English
- prebait English
- queer English
- queerbait English
- rage English
- ragebait English
- rebait English
- red English
- redbait English
- scam English
- scambait English
- scambaiter English
- share English
- sharebait English
- shark English
- shark bait English
- shop English
- spinner English
- spinnerbait English
- spoon English
- spoonbait English
- stink English
- stinkbait English
- swim English
- swimbait English
- unbaitable English
- well English
- white English
- whitebait English
- fibra Latin
- findere, findō Latin
- fissio Latin
- fissiōnem Latin
- fissura Latin
- fistula Latin
- Beize German
- Clickbaiting German
- bisschen German
- fessacchiotto Italian
- beetje Dutch, Flemish
- beits Dutch, Flemish
- bijten Dutch, Flemish
- bit Dutch, Flemish
- clickbait Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰinédti Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰéydt Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeygʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *baitaz Proto-Germanic
- *baitidaz Proto-Germanic
- *baitijaną Proto-Germanic
- *baitislą Proto-Germanic
- *baitō Proto-Germanic
- *bitiz Proto-Germanic
- *bitraz Proto-Germanic
- *bitô Proto-Germanic
- *bitą Proto-Germanic
- *bītaną Proto-Germanic
- bete Swedish
- beita Norwegian Nynorsk
- bit Norwegian Nynorsk
- batweard Old English
- bāt Old English
- भेद Sanskrit
- baite Middle English
- bayte Middle English
- bayten Middle English
- bot Middle English
- beit Old Norse
- beita Old Norse
- beizla Old Norse
- bita Old Norse
- biti Old Norse
- bitill Old Norse
- bitlaðr Old Norse
- bitr Old Norse
- bitull Old Norse
- bátr Old Norse
- bat Old French
- batel Old French
- beter Old French
- boato Esperanto
- bad Welsh
- betan, bētan Middle Dutch
- beiza Old High German
- bīzan Old High German
- beize Middle High German
- bitter Middle Low German
- *findō Proto-Italic
- abetar Old Occitan
- bát Middle Irish
- bojin Marshallese
- *beid-ska Proto-Albanian
- bet Bislama
- bit
- red
- gay
- crow
- scam
- fuck
- shop
- rage
- hook
- well
- swim
- jail
- fish
- dick
- link
- bear
- share
- spoon
- crank
- queer
- flame
- white
- shark
- stink
- click
- holder
- baiter
- caster
- rebait
- ground
- bitter
- baitest
- baiteth
- gaybait
- spinner
- prebait
- fissile
- redbait
- casting
- bearbait
- scambait
- dickbait
- baitware
- baitshop
- jailbait
- baitable
- baitless
- baitfish
- crowbait
- ragebait
- fuckbait
- fishbait
- baithook
- swimbait
- baitwell
- spoonbait
- boatswain
- flamebait
- whitebait
- stinkbait
- queerbait
- clickbait
- crankbait
- link bait
- sharebait
- groundbait
- shark bait
- clickbaity
- baitcaster
- unbaitable
- scambaiter
- baitholder
- clickbaiter
- baitcasting
- spinnerbait