bisynes
Middle English
Alternative forms
- busines, busynes, businesse, bysynesse, besynesse, bysynes, besines, bysines, besinesse, bisynesse, bisinesse
Etymology
From Old English bisiġnes, equivalent to bisy + -nes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbiziːnɛs(ə)/, /ˈbizinɛs(ə)/
Noun
bisynes (plural bisinesses)
Descendants
- English: business (see there for further descendants)
References
- “bisīnesse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.