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Where does “бештија” come from?

бештија (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian bestia, from Latin bēstia.

бештија (Serbo-Croatian): beast; brute

Definitions

  1. beast; brute

Ancestry of “бештија”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbestiabeast
2Latinbēstia—
Every word from Latin bēstia →