Where does “bel-” come from?
bel- (English) comes from English Belgian, from English Belgium, from Latin Belgium, from Latin Belgica, from Latin belgicus, from Latin Belgae, from Proto-Celtic bolg-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelgʰ- — to bulge, swell.
bel- (English): grand-
Ancestry of “bel-”, step by step
Words derived from “bel-”