Where does “beste” come from?

beste (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French beste, from Latin bēstia — a beast.

beste (Middle Dutch): inflection of best: ## masculine nominative...

Definitions

  1. inflection of best: ## masculine nominative...

Ancestry of “beste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbestebeast, animal
2Latinbēstiaa beast

Words derived from “beste”

Every word from Latin bēstia →