Where does “bestial” come from?

Bestial comes from Old French bestial, from Latin bestialis, from Latin bestia meaning "beast" or "animal."

bestial (English): Beast-like; Cattle

Definitions

Beast-like; Cattle

Ancestry of “bestial”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle English	bestial	—
2	Old French	bestial	bestial
3	Latin	bēstiālis	—
4	Latin	-ālis	—
5	Proto-Italic	-ālis	—

Words derived from “bestial”

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →

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