Where does “bettere” come from?

bettere (Middle English) comes from Old English bēatere, from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

bettere (Middle English): Alternative form of bettre

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of bettre

Ancestry of “bettere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbēaterea beater; fighter; champion
2Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
3Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
4Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Old English -ere →