## Meanings
1. To risk money on the result of a race, game, or event.
2. An agreement to risk money on the result of an event, paid by the loser to the winner.
3. To feel sure that something is true or will happen.

## Examples
- I bet $100 on the new horse to win the race.
- He won a bet on the football match.
- I bet my team is going to win on Saturday.

## Derived Forms
- if-bet
- multibet
- overbet
- underbet

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: bet
- Root: abet
- Root: abeter
- Root: *baitijan

## Etymology
From 16th-century criminal slang, perhaps from Middle English bet (“something better, advantage, luck”), from Old English bet, bett (“better”, adverb); or, alternatively from abet, from Middle English abet, abette, from Old French abet (“incitement to evil”), from Old French abeter (“to entice”), from a- (“to”) + beter (“hound on, urge, to bait”); ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *baitijan (“to bait, entice”), related to Old English bǣtan (“to bait”). More at abet.

## AI Etymology
Bet comes from 16th-century criminal slang, perhaps from Middle English bet (“something better, advantage, luck”), from Old English bet, bett (“better”, adverb); or, alternatively from abet, from Middle English abet, abette, from Old French abet (“incitement to evil”), from Old French abeter (“to entice”), from a- (“to”) + beter (“hound on, urge, to bait”); ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *baitijan (“to bait, entice”), related to Old English bǣtan (“to bait”). More at abet.

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- Sports & Fitness

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