Where does “bete” come from?
bete (Swedish) comes from Swedish be, from Swedish bedja, from Portuguese velha, from Portuguese velho, from Old Portuguese velho, from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
bete (Swedish): bait; what an animal eats when grazing; tusk
Definitions
- bait; what an animal eats when grazing; tusk
Ancestry of “bete”, step by step
bete traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish be
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | be | to ask for, request someone else to do something;... |
| 2 | Swedish | bedja | Dated form of be |
| 3 | Portuguese | velha | feminine singular of velho; female equivalent of... |
| 4 | Portuguese | velho | old; ancient; old; aged; old |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | velho | — |
| 6 | Late Latin | veclus | — |
| 7 | Latin | vetulus | old; little old, poor old; old man; little old... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Swedish te
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | te | tea; to appear |
| 2 | German | tee | tea drink made by infusing parts of a plant, especially leaves or buds of |
| 3 | English | tee | The name of the Latin-script letter T; Something... |
| 4 | Middle English | teen | — |
| 5 | Old English | tēon | to drag, draw, pull; to train, discipline; to... |
| 6 | Old English | tēohan | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | teuhan | to pull; to lead |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | teuhaną | to lead; to pull behind oneself, draw, drag |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |