Bive Definition

Origin of Bive

• From Middle English bivien, beofian, from Old English bifian, beofian (“to tremble, be moved, shake, quake”), from Proto-Germanic *bibōną, *bibjaną (“to quake, shiver”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoyǝ- (“to frighten, be afraid”). Cognate with Dutch beven (“to quake”), German beben (“to quake, tremble”), Swedish bäva (“to quake, tremble”), Icelandic bifa (“to budge, be moved”), Latin foedus (“disgusting, shocking, abominable, heinous”). More at bever.

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