Old French bedel

← Old English bydel (cognate)

← German Büttel (cognate)

← English beadle (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *bidilaz (derived)

← Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *budilaz (derived)

← Old High German bitil (cognate)

← Old High German butil (cognate)

← Latin bidellus (mention)

→ French bedeau (inherited)

→ Italian bidello (borrowed)