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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | bete | — |
| 2 | Old English | bete | — |
| 3 | Latin | bēta | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ina | nominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | -īnus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
Words derived from “beet”