Where does “beet” come from?

beet (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch bēte, from Latin bēta, from Latin -ina, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

beet (Dutch): bite; Alternative form of biet; singular past...

Definitions

  1. bite; Alternative form of biet; singular past...

Ancestry of “beet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchbētebite
2LatinbētaA beet
3Latin-inanominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative...
4Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
5Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “beet”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Latin -īnus →Every word from Latin -ina →