also bell-hop, by 1906, American English, shortening of slang bellhopper (1899), from bell (n.) + hop (v.). The notion is one who "hops" into action when the bell is rung.
bell-boy
belle
Bellerophon
belles-lettres
belletrist
bellhop
bellicose
bellicosity
bellied
belligerence
belligerent