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