English
bello
Bello comes from Italian bello ‘man’, from Latin bellus ‘beautiful, pretty, handsome’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *dwenos ‘good’.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dwenos‘good’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEduenos
- Old Latin, derivedc. 700–75 BCE*duenelosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbellus‘beautiful, pretty, handsome’
- Italianc. 1300–presentbello‘man’
- Englishtodaybello
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dwenos‘good’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEduenos
- Old Latin, derivedc. 700–75 BCE*duenelosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbellus‘beautiful, pretty, handsome’
- Italianc. 1300–presentbello‘man’
- Englishtodaybello
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to fit’
down, town, tool, teen, dynamic, dynasty, tow, dun, dynamo, dynastic, tine, taw, benefice, 91 more
through Proto-Italic *dwenos ‘good’
bonus, ben, optimal, beneficial, bonnie, optimism, boon, rebellion, beneficiary, bonny, rebellious, bene, bonbon, rebelling, 35 more
through Old Latin duenos
through Old Latin *duenelos
rebel, revel, beaucoup, beauteous, bellicose, 17 more
through Latin bellus ‘beautiful, pretty, handsome’
Today it means
noun A young man; sweetheart.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *dwenos / bello