Words that come from Old French “beste”

88 words across 21 languages descend from Old French beste — including best, beast, bestseller, bested, hartebeest, beastie, bestest, beastlike.

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English (32)

French (21)

Dutch (9)

Afrikaans (3)

Norman (3)

Japanese (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Middle English (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Czech (1)

Middle French (1)

Russian (1)

Irish (1)

Korean (1)

Armenian (1)

Catalan (1)

Portuguese (1)

Walloon (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Finnish (1)

Spanish (1)