Words that come from Old French “beste”
131 words across 28 languages descend from Old French beste — including best, beast, beastly, bested, hartebeest, beastliness, beastie, beastlike.
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English (48)
- best
- beast
- beastly
- bested
- hartebeest
- beastliness
- beastie
- beastlike
- bêtise
- minibeast
- beasting
- beasthood
- werebeast
- beastling
- beastmaster
- beastish
- beastishness
- bebeast
- beastdom
- unbeast
- hosebeast
- beastlyhead
- obeast
- beastlihead
- beasten
- merbeast
- hambeast
- beast of venery
- beasterly
- beastful
- beastify
- hypebeast
- beastfolk
- beastfully
- beastfulness
- beastification
- beastkeeper
- beastkin
- beastkind
- beastless
- beastlily
- beastman
- beastmistress
- beastship
- neatbeast
- shebeast
- shitbeast
- unbested