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Where does “beaute” come from?

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

beaute (Old French): Alternative form of biauté

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of biauté

Ancestry of “beaute”, step by step

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

Words derived from “beaute”

  • beauty
  • beauteous
  • beautician
  • beauteously
  • beautyberry
  • beauteousness
  • beautiless
  • beautied
  • bewdy
  • unbeauteous
  • beautyless
  • unbeauty
  • antibeauty
  • nonbeauty
  • beautiness
  • beautydom
  • beautyness
  • beautisome
  • ビューティー
  • beauty
  • bewty
  • beaute
  • beautevous
  • bewte
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