Where does “belle-mère” come from?
belle-mère (French) comes from French belle-, from Hungarian bél, from English Bel, from English Isabel, from Spanish Isabel, from Portuguese Isabel, from Old Occitan Elisabel, from Latin Elisabeth.
belle-mère (French): mother-in-law; stepmother
Definitions
- mother-in-law; stepmother
Ancestry of “belle-mère”, step by step