Etymograph

English

infrabestial

From infra- + bestial.

Formed from infra- + bestial

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’

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Proto-Italic *ferō ‘to carry, bear’

Latin ferō ‘to bear’

Latin īnferō ‘to carry, bring, put, place, or throw in,…’

Latin īnfrā ‘below’

English infra-

Latin bēstia ‘beast’

Late Latin bēstiālis ‘bestial, beast-like’

Old French bestial

Middle English bestial ‘animal’

English bestial

Today it means

adj Below even the level of an animal; utterly subhuman.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / infrabestial