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Where does “bestiau” come from?

bestiau (French) comes from French bête, from Middle French beste, from Old French beste, from Latin bēstia.

bestiau (French): beast, animal

Definitions

  1. beast, animal

Ancestry of “bestiau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbêtebeast, animal; Not very bright and lacking in...
2Middle Frenchbestebeast, animal
3Old Frenchbestebeast, animal
4Latinbēstia—
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