bedeau

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French [Term?], from Old French bedel (“officer in minor judicial affairs”), from Frankish *bidil (“candidate”), from Proto-Germanic *bidilaz (“seeker”), from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to ask, beseech”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command”), merging with Frankish *budil (“official representative, herald”), from Proto-Germanic *budilaz (“messenger, herald”), from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to present, offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be aware, comprehend”). Akin to Old High German butil (“beadle”), Old English bydel (“beadle”), Old High German bitil, bitel (“a candidate, requestor”), bittan (“to ask, seek”). More at bid. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bə.do/ === Noun === bedeau m (plural bedeaux) verger, beadle === Further reading === “bedeau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012