Where does “bé” come from?
bé (Vietnamese) comes from French beige, from Middle French beige, from Old French bege, from Vulgar Latin bysseus, from Latin byssus, from Ancient Greek βύσσος, from Hebrew בּוּץ — byssus.
bé (Vietnamese): small; little; tiny; little; very young; Short...
Definitions
- small; little; tiny; little; very young; Short...
Ancestry of “bé”, step by step
bé traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French beige
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | beige | beige |
| 2 | Middle French | beige | — |
| 3 | Old French | bege | color of undyed wool or cotton |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | bysseus | cottony grey; cotton-coloured |
| 5 | Latin | byssus | byssus or sea silk |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βύσσος | flax; linen; Levant cotton |
| 7 | Hebrew | בּוּץ | byssus |
via French bé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bé | The name of the Latin-script letter B |
via Chinese 陛
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese | 陛 | — |