Where does “bela” come from?

bela (Esperanto) comes from Italian bello, from German fein, from Middle High German fīn, from Old French fin, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.

bela (Esperanto): beautiful, pretty

Definitions

  1. beautiful, pretty

Ancestry of “bela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbellonice, fair, fine, pleasant; beautiful;...
2Germanfeinfine; fine; very good; as it should be; refined;...
3Middle High Germanfīn—
4Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
5Latinfīnisend
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

Words derived from “bela”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →