Where does “bella” come from?

bella (Italian) comes from Italian bello, from German fein, from Middle High German fīn, from Old French fin, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.

bella (Italian): beauty, belle; sweetheart; fair copy

Definitions

  1. beauty, belle; sweetheart; fair copy

Ancestry of “bella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbellonice, fair, fine, pleasant; beautiful;...
2Germanfeinfine; fine; very good; as it should be; refined;...
3Middle High Germanfīn—
4Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
5Latinfīnisend
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

Words derived from “bella”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →