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Where does “unbestial” come from?

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

unbestial (English): Not bestial

Definitions

  1. Not bestial

Ancestry of “unbestial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbestialBeast-like; Cattle
2Middle Englishbestial—
3Old Frenchbestialbestial
4Latinbēstiālis—
5Latin-ālis—
6Proto-Italic-ālis—
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →