Where does “bèt” come from?

bèt (Haitian Creole) comes from French bête, from Middle French beste, from Old French beste, from Latin bēstia — a beast.

bèt (Haitian Creole): beast; animal

Definitions

  1. beast; animal

Ancestry of “bèt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbêtebeast, animal; Not very bright and lacking in...
2Middle Frenchbestebeast, animal
3Old Frenchbestebeast, animal
4Latinbēstiaa beast
Every word from Latin bēstiaEvery word from Old French besteEvery word from Middle French beste