bailli

Etymology
, itself from or, or from  (possibly as an early borrowing), from.

Noun

 * 1)  a bailiff: an appointee of the king administering certain districts of northern France in the medieval period

Etymology 1
From, from , present active infinitive of , from.

Verb

 * 1)  to give

Etymology 2
From, from (possibly as an early borrowing), from Classical.

Noun

 * 1)  bailiff