Where does “bestial” come from?

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

bestial (Middle English): animal of or pertaining to animals

Definitions

  1. animal of or pertaining to animals

Ancestry of “bestial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbestialbestial (of or relating to a beast)
2Latinbēstiālisbestial, beast-like
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “bestial”

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin bēstiālis →