beggar

Origin: From , beggare, beggar, from , equivalent to . Alternative etymology derives Middle English beggere, beggare, beggar from , originally a member of the Beghards, a lay brotherhood of mendicants in the Low Countries, from , with pejorative suffix (see -ard); the order is said to be named after the priest Lambert le Bègue of Liège (French for “Lambert the Stammerer”). Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).