Where does “bees” come from?
bees (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch beest, from Middle Dutch beeste, from Middle Dutch beste, from Old French beste, from Latin bēstia.
bees (Afrikaans): cow, ox; brute
Ancestry of “bees”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | beest | An animal, a beast; An animal kept as livestock,... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | beeste | — |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | beste | inflection of best:
## masculine nominative... |
| 4 | Old French | beste | beast, animal |
| 5 | Latin | bēstia | — |
Words derived from “bees”