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bias
1520s, from M.Fr.
biasis
"slant, oblique," from O.Prov.
biais
, possibly from V.L.
*(e)bigassius
, from Gk.
epikarsios
"slanting, oblique," from
epi-
"upon" +
karsios
"oblique." Transferred sense of "predisposition, prejudice" is from 1570s.