Where does “betterave” come from?
betterave (French) comes from French rave, from English rave, from Middle English raven, from Old English hræfn, from Proto-West Germanic hrabn, from Proto-Germanic hrabnaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- — army.
betterave (French): beetroot
Definitions
- beetroot
Ancestry of “betterave”, step by step
betterave traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French rave
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | rave | beet, turnip; rave party |
| 2 | English | rave | An enthusiastic review; An all-night dance party... |
| 3 | Middle English | raven | to wander; to rave; talk like a madman |
| 4 | Old English | hræfn | raven |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hrabn | raven |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hrabnaz | raven |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via French bette
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bette | chard |
| 2 | Latin | bēta | A beet |
| 3 | Latin | -ina | nominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative... |
| 4 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |