bide.
bite (to cut off a piece by clamping the teeth)
Meaning & usage
bite (to cut off a piece by clamping the teeth)
Where this word comes from
From Old Danish bitæ, from Old Norse bíta, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, cognate with English bite, German bissen, Dutch bijten. The Germanic verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”), cf. Latin findō (“to cleave”), fissiō (“breaking up”) (hence fission).
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