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Where does “bestially” come from?

bestially (English) comes from Middle English bestial, from Old French bestial, from Latin bēstiālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.

bestially (English): In a bestial manner

Definitions

  1. In a bestial manner

Ancestry of “bestially”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbestial—
2Old Frenchbestialbestial
3Latinbēstiālis—
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālis—
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →