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style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><h1 title="Origin and meaning of bead" class="word__name--TTbAA">bead<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)</h1><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>mid-14c., <span class="foreign notranslate">bede</span>, "prayer bead," from Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">gebed</span> "prayer," with intensive or collective prefix <span class="foreign notranslate">*ge-</span> + Proto-Germanic <span class="foreign notranslate">*bidam</span> "entreaty." This reconstructed word is also the source of Middle Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">bede</span>, Old High German <span class="foreign notranslate">beta</span>, German <span class="foreign notranslate">bitte</span>, Gothic <span class="foreign notranslate">bida</span> "prayer, request," which according to Watkins is from a PIE root <span class="foreign notranslate">*gwhedh-</span> "to ask, pray."</p> <p>The shift in meaning in English comes via rosary beads threaded on a string to count prayers, and in verbal phrases <span class="foreign notranslate">bid one's beads</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">count one's beads</span>, etc. The German cognate <span class="foreign notranslate">Bitte</span> is the usual word for the conversational request "please." Compare Spanish <span class="foreign notranslate">cuentas</span> "the beads of a rosary," from <span class="foreign notranslate">contar</span> "to count."</p> <p>The word is also related to <a href="/word/bid" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of bid " class="crossreference notranslate">bid</a> (Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">biddan</span>) and Gothic <span class="foreign notranslate">bidjan</span> "to ask, pray." The sense in Modern English was further transferred to other small globular bodies, such as "drop of liquid" (1590s), "small knob forming front sight of a gun" (1831, Kentucky slang); hence <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>draw a bead on</strong></span> "take aim at," 1841, U.S. colloquial.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:mid-14c.">mid-14c.</a></div></div></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><div id="etymonline_v_42795" style="position:absolute;top:-100px"></div><p title="Origin and meaning of bead" class="word__name--TTbAA">bead<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)</p><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>1570s, "adorn with beads," from <a href="/word/bead#etymonline_v_8196" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of bead " class="crossreference notranslate">bead</a> (n.). The meaning "string like beads" is from 1819. The intransitive sense of "form in beads" is by 1873. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Beaded</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">beading</span>.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1570s">1570s</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to bead">Entries linking to <i>bead</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of bid" href="/word/bid#etymonline_v_11126">bid<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>probably an early Middle English mutual influence or confusion of two older words: The sense in <span class="foreign notranslate">bid farewell</span> is from Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">biddan</span> "to ask, entreat, beg, pray, beseech; order" (class V strong verb, past tense <span class="foreign notranslate">bæd</span>, past participle <span class="foreign notranslate">beden</span>), from Proto-Germanic <span class="foreign notranslate">*bedjanan</span> "to pray, entreat" (source also of German <span class="foreign notranslate">bitten</span> "to ask," attested in Old High German from 8c., also Old Saxon <span class="foreign notranslate">biddian</span>, Old Frisian <span class="foreign notranslate">bidda </span>"ask, request command," Old Norse <span class="foreign notranslate">biðja</span>, Gothic <span class="foreign notranslate">bidjan</span> "request"). This, according to Kluge and Watkins, is from a PIE root <span class="foreign notranslate">*gwhedh-</span> "to ask, pray" (see <a href="/word/bead#etymonline_v_8196" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of bead " class="crossreference notranslate">bead</a> (n.)).</p> <p>To <span class="foreign notranslate">bid</span> at an auction, meanwhile, is from Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">beodan</span> "offer, proclaim" (class II strong verb; past tense <span class="foreign notranslate">bead</span>, past participle <span class="foreign notranslate">boden</span>), from Proto-Germanic <span class="foreign notranslate">*beudanan</span> "to stretch out, reach out, offer, present," (source also of German <span class="foreign notranslate">bieten</span> "to offer," Old High German <span class="foreign notranslate">biatan</span>, also Old Saxon <span class="foreign notranslate">biodan</span>, Old Frisian <span class="foreign notranslate">biada</span>, Old Norse <span class="foreign notranslate">bjoða</span>, Gothic <span class="foreign notranslate">anabiudan</span> "to command"). This is (with a shift of meaning) from PIE root <a href="/word/*bheudh-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *bheudh- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*bheudh-</a> "be aware, make aware" (source also of <a href="/word/bode#etymonline_v_13676" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of bode " class="crossreference notranslate">bode</a> (v.)).</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of beadsman" href="/word/beadsman#etymonline_v_42796">beadsman<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"one who prays for another's benefit," early 13c.; see <a href="/word/bead#etymonline_v_8196" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of bead " class="crossreference notranslate">bead</a> (n.) + <a href="/word/man#etymonline_v_6766" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of man " class="crossreference notranslate">man</a> (n.). Often a resident of a hospital or almshouse who was expected to pray for the founders and benefactors. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Beadswoman</span>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><ul class="related__container--22iKI"><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of beadwork" href="/word/beadwork"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">beadwork</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of beady" href="/word/beady"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">beady</li></a><a class="related__more--1gm0U related__word--3Si0N" href="/word/bead/related"><li>See all related words (<!-- -->4<!-- -->) <!-- -->></li></a></ul></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of bead">Trends of <i>bead</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:200px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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