Where does “bestiaire” come from?
bestiaire (French) comes from Old French bestiaire, from Medieval Latin bestiarium, from Latin bēstia.
bestiaire (French): bestiary; beastmaster
Ancestry of “bestiaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | bestiaire | bestiary |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | bestiarium | bestiary; nominative neuter singular of... |
| 3 | Latin | bēstia | — |