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Where does “bette” come from?

bette (French) comes from Latin bēta, from Latin -ina, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

bette (French): chard

Definitions

  1. chard

Ancestry of “bette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbēta—
2Latin-inanominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative...
3Latin-īnus—
4Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
5Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
6Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “bette”

  • beetrave
  • betarraga
  • betterave
  • betteravier
  • beteraaw
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