Latin

bellus

‘pretty’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin bellus.

12 English words in this record descend from Latin bellus, most familiar first.

• beautiful ← bewteful ← beaute ← biauté ← *bellitātem
• beauty ← bewty ← beauté ← *bellitātem
• boo ← beau ← beau ← biau
• beau
• bello
• beal ← belen ← bel ← bel
• beautify ← beutifien ← beaute
• bauble ← bable ← babel
• beaucoup ← biau cop
• beauteous ← beautevous ← beaute ← beauté ← *bellitātem
• beldame ← bel ← bel
• bookoo ← beaucoup ← biau cop

Etymograph / Latin bellus