Where does “bétaillère” come from?

bétaillère (French) comes from French bétail, from French bête, from Middle French beste, from Old French beste, from Latin bēstia — a beast.

bétaillère (French): cattle truck; people carrier

Definitions

  1. cattle truck; people carrier

Ancestry of “bétaillère”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbétaillivestock; cattle
2Frenchbêtebeast, animal; Not very bright and lacking in...
3Middle Frenchbestebeast, animal
4Old Frenchbestebeast, animal
5Latinbēstiaa beast
Every word from Latin bēstia →Every word from Old French beste →Every word from Middle French beste →