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Where does “bieauté” come from?

bieauté (Norman) comes from Old French biauté, from Vulgar Latin bellitas, from Latin bellus, from Latin villus, from Latin vellus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂welh₁- — to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool.

bieauté (Norman): beauty

Definitions

  1. beauty

Ancestry of “bieauté”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbiautébeauty
2Vulgar Latinbellitasbeauty
3Latinbellusbeautiful, pretty, handsome; pleasant, agreeable,...
4Latinvillushair, tuft of hair, shaggy hair
5LatinvellusThe wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool; The...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂welh₁-to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool
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