Where does “bēte” come from?

bēte (Middle Dutch) comes from Latin bēta, from Latin -ina, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

bēte (Middle Dutch): bite

Definitions

  1. bite

Ancestry of “bēte”, step by step

bēte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin bēta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinbētaA beet
2Latin-inanominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative...
3Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
4Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
5Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
6Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via Old Dutch biti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchbiti—
2Proto-Germanicbitizbite
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “bēte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Latin -īnus →Every word from Latin -ina →