Where does “beat” come from?

beat (Latin) comes from Latin beo, from Proto-Italic dweos, from Proto-Italic dwejos, from Proto-Indo-European dew- — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

beat (Latin): third-person singular present active indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present active indicative...

Ancestry of “beat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinbeoI bless; I gladden; I enrich
2Proto-Italicdweoshappy
3Proto-Italicdwejos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dew- →Every word from Proto-Italic dwejos →Every word from Proto-Italic dweos →