Where does “bebet” come from?

bebet (Mauritian Creole) comes from French bébête, from French bête, from Middle French beste, from Old French beste, from Latin bēstia — a beast.

bebet (Mauritian Creole): insect, bug

Definitions

  1. insect, bug

Ancestry of “bebet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbébêtesilly, juvenile; fool, idiot; animal, beastie,...
2Frenchbêtebeast, animal; Not very bright and lacking in...
3Middle Frenchbestebeast, animal
4Old Frenchbestebeast, animal
5Latinbēstiaa beast
Every word from Latin bēstia →Every word from Old French beste →Every word from Middle French beste →