Where does “beet” come from?
Beet comes from Old English bētan, from Old English bete, from Latin beta, from Ancient Greek βῆτα, from Proto-Semitic bayt-.
beet (English): "Beta vulgaris", a plant with a swollen root...
Definitions
- "Beta vulgaris", a plant with a swollen root...
Ancestry of “beet”, step by step
beet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English bete
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | bete | beet plant of the genus Beta or its root or [[leaf |
| 2 | Old English | bete | — |
| 3 | Latin | bēta | A beet |
| 4 | Latin | -ina | nominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via Middle English beten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | beten | To beat; to repeatedly strike or hit |
| 2 | Old English | bēatan | to thrash, beat; to beat, pound, strike, lash,... |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | bautan | to beat |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bautaną | to beat, push |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewd- | to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |