bail English · revision 13344

− It is Middle English baille, [[bor|fro|bail|t=custody, jurisdiction]], from baillier, to control, guard, hand over, deliver,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Latin bāiulāre, to bear a burden, later to care for,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from bāiulus, a porter, carrier, of unknown or uncertain origin;^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) de Vaan thinks a PIE origin unlikely.^(Etymonline) [[bailiff|alt=Bailiff]] is related.^(Cresswell 2021)

− It is from Middle English baile, balie, a small wooden bucket (1336, mid-14th century),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) [[bor|fro|baille|t=bucket, pail]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from Medieval Latin *bāiula, literally a porter of water,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from Latin bāiulus, porter (see the first block).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021)

− It is probably the same as French bail, a horizontal piece of wood fixed on two stakes, and English bail, a palisade or outer wall of a castle (see [[bailey]]).^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)