Where does “bețiv” come from?
bețiv (Romanian) comes from Romanian beție, from Romanian beat, from English beat, from Middle English beten, from Old English bēatan, from Proto-West Germanic bautan, from Proto-Germanic bautaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewd- — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
bețiv (Romanian): inclined to drinking often; drunk, drunkard,...
Definitions
- inclined to drinking often; drunk, drunkard,...
Ancestry of “bețiv”, step by step
bețiv traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian beție
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | beție | drunkenness, intoxication, inebriation; carousal,... |
| 2 | Romanian | beat | drunk, drunken, intoxicated; tipsy |
| 3 | English | beat | A stroke; a blow; A pulsation or throb; A pulse... |
| 4 | Middle English | beten | To beat; to repeatedly strike or hit |
| 5 | Old English | bēatan | to thrash, beat; to beat, pound, strike, lash,... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | bautan | to beat |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bautaną | to beat, push |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewd- | to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |