Where does “bête à cornes” come from?
bête à cornes (French) comes from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
bête à cornes (French): Horned cattle [[goat
Definitions
- Horned cattle [[goat
Ancestry of “bête à cornes”, step by step
bête à cornes traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French à
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 2 | English | avie | emulously |
| 3 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 4 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 5 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 6 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via French bête
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bête | beast, animal; Not very bright and lacking in... |
| 2 | Middle French | beste | beast, animal |
| 3 | Old French | beste | beast, animal |
| 4 | Latin | bēstia | a beast |
via French cornes
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cornes | — |