Where does “ビューティー” come from?
ビューティー (Japanese) comes from English beauty, from Middle English beaute, from Old French biauté, from Vulgar Latin bellitas, from Latin bellus, from Latin villus, from Latin vellus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂welh₁- — to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool.
ビューティー (Japanese): beauty; a beauty, a beautiful woman
Definitions
- beauty; a beauty, a beautiful woman
Ancestry of “ビューティー”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | beauty | The quality of being attractive, pleasing, fine... |
| 2 | Middle English | beaute | The quality of being physically appealing;... |
| 3 | Old French | biauté | beauty |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | bellitas | beauty |
| 5 | Latin | bellus | beautiful, pretty, handsome; pleasant, agreeable,... |
| 6 | Latin | villus | hair, tuft of hair, shaggy hair |
| 7 | Latin | vellus | The wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool; The... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂welh₁- | to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool |