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Where does “beste” come from?

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

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
2Latinbēstia—

Words derived from “beste”

  • hartebeest
  • ハーテビースト
  • koebeest
  • liegbeest
  • bakbeest
  • suikerbeest
  • beestenbende
  • beest
  • feestbeest
  • podiumbeest
  • varkensbeest
  • hartaibéist
  • beeste
  • bees
  • hartebees
  • beesvleis
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