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Byblos [Byblos 词源字典]: ancient Phoenician port (modern Jebeil, Lebanon) from which Egyptian papyrus was exported to Greece. The name probably is a Greek corruption of Phoenician Gebhal, said to mean literally "frontier town" (compare Hebrew gebhul "frontier, boundary," Arabic jabal "mountain"), or perhaps it is Canaanite gubla "mountain." The Greek name also might have been influenced by, or come from, an Egyptian word for "papyrus."[Byblos etymology, Byblos origin, 英语词源]
bye (1): in sporting use, a variant of by (prep). Originally in cricket, "a run scored on a ball that is missed by the wicket-keeper" (1746); later, in other sports, "position of one who is left without a competitor when the rest have drawn pairs" (1883), originally in lawn-tennis.
bye (2): shortened form of good-bye. Reduplication bye-bye is recorded from 1709, though as a sound used to lull a child to sleep it is attested from 1630s.
bygone (adj.): early 15c., from by (adv.) + gone. Compare similar construction of aforesaid. As a noun from 1560s (see bygones).
bygones (n.): "things that are past," especially offenses, 1560s, from plural of noun use of bygone (q.v.).
bylaw (n.): late 13c., bilage "local ordinance," from Old Norse or Old Danish bi-lagu "town law," from byr "place where people dwell, town, village," from bua "to dwell" (see bower) + lagu "law" (see law). So, a local law pertaining to local residents, or rule of a corporation or association. Sense influenced by by.
byline (n.): 1926, "line giving the name of the writer of an article in a newspaper or magazine;" it typically reads BY ________. From by (prep.) + line (n.). As a verb by 1958.
BYOB: initialism (acronym) for "bring your own bottle" or "bring your own booze," by 1951.
bypass (n.): also by-pass, 1848, of certain pipes in a gasworks, from by + pass (n.). First used 1922 for "road for the relief of congestion;" figurative sense is from 1928. The heart operation was first so called 1957.
bypass (v.): 1823, "to pass by" (implied in bypassed), from bypass (n.). From 1928 as "to go around, avoid;" figurative use from 1941. Related: Bypassed; bypassing.
byre (n.): "cow-shed," Old English byre, perhaps related to bur "cottage, dwelling, house" (see bower).
Byronic (adj.): 1823, pertaining to or resembling British poet George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824).
Perfect she was, but as perfection is
Insipid in this naughty world of ours,
Where our first parents never learn'd to kiss
Till they were exiled from their earlier bowers,
Where all was peace, and innocence, and bliss
(I wonder how they got through the twelve hours),
Don Jose like a lineal son of Eve,
Went plucking various fruit without her leave.

[from "Don Juan"]
bystander (n.): 1610s, from by + agent noun from stand (v.). They have been innocent at least since 1829. Stander-by is from 1540s.
byte (n.): 1956, American English; see bit (n.2). Reputedly coined by Dr. Werner Buchholz at IBM.
byway (n.): mid-14c., from by + way (n.).
byword (n.): also by-word, Old English biword "proverb," formed on the model of Latin proverbium or Greek parabole. Meaning "something that has become proverbial" is from 1530s.
Byzantine (adj.): 1770, from Latin Byzantinus (see Byzantium); originally used of art style; later in reference to the complex, devious, and intriguing character of the royal court of Constantinople (1937). As a noun from 1770.
Byzantium: said to be named for its 7c. B.C.E. Greek founder, Byzas of Megara.
bolide: "A large meteor which explodes in the atmosphere", Early 19th century: from French, from Latin bolis, bolid-, from Greek bolis 'missile'.
base jump: "A parachute jump from a fixed point, typically a high building or promontory, rather than an aircraft", 1980s: base from building, antenna-tower, span, earth (denoting the types of structure used).