Where does “bestayle” come from?

bestayle (Middle English) comes from Old French bestaille, from Late Latin bēstiālia, from Latin bēstiālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

bestayle (Middle English): livestock, cattle

Definitions

  1. livestock, cattle

Ancestry of “bestayle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbestaille—
2Late Latinbēstiālia—
3Latinbēstiālisbestial, beast-like
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin bēstiālis →