Where does “Beta” come from?

Beta (Translingual) comes from Latin bēta, from Latin -ina, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

Beta (Translingual): beet genus

Definitions

  1. beet genus

Ancestry of “Beta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinbētaA beet
2Latin-inanominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative...
3Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
4Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
5Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
6Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Latin -īnus →Every word from Latin -ina →