Where does “beauteosity” come from?
beauteosity (English) comes from English beauteous, from Middle English beautevous, from Middle English beaute, from Old French biauté, from Vulgar Latin bellitas, from Latin bellus, from Latin villus, from Latin vellus — to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool.
beauteosity (English): The quality of being beauteous
Definitions
- The quality of being beauteous
Ancestry of “beauteosity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | beauteous | beautiful |
| 2 | Middle English | beautevous | Physically appealing; attractive, pretty,... |
| 3 | Middle English | beaute | The quality of being physically appealing;... |
| 4 | Old French | biauté | beauty |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | bellitas | beauty |
| 6 | Latin | bellus | beautiful, pretty, handsome; pleasant, agreeable,... |
| 7 | Latin | villus | hair, tuft of hair, shaggy hair |
| 8 | Latin | vellus | The wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool; The... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂welh₁- | to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool |