Where does “beta” come from?
beta (Swedish) comes from Swedish bete, from Swedish be, from Swedish bedja, from Portuguese velha, from Portuguese velho, from Old Portuguese velho, from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
beta (Swedish): beta; the Greek letter Β, β; a beta version of a...
Definitions
- beta; the Greek letter Β, β; a beta version of a...
Ancestry of “beta”, step by step
beta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish bete
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bete | bait; what an animal eats when grazing; tusk |
| 2 | Swedish | be | to ask for, request someone else to do something;... |
| 3 | Swedish | bedja | Dated form of be |
| 4 | Portuguese | velha | feminine singular of velho; female equivalent of... |
| 5 | Portuguese | velho | old; ancient; old; aged; old |
| 6 | Old Portuguese | velho | — |
| 7 | Late Latin | veclus | — |
| 8 | Latin | vetulus | old; little old, poor old; old man; little old... |
| 9 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |