Where does “biauté” come from?
biauté (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin bellitas, from Latin bellus, from Latin villus, from Latin vellus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂welh₁- — to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool.
biauté (Old French): beauty
Definitions
- beauty
Ancestry of “biauté”, step by step
biauté traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vulgar Latin bellitas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | bellitas | beauty |
| 2 | Latin | bellus | beautiful, pretty, handsome; pleasant, agreeable,... |
| 3 | Latin | villus | hair, tuft of hair, shaggy hair |
| 4 | Latin | vellus | The wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool; The... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂welh₁- | to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool |
via Vulgar Latin *bellitātem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | *bellitātem | — |