bel
Middle English
/ˈbɛːl/
adj
Definitions
- Of fine quality: good, nice, appealing.
- Physically appealing; attractive, pretty.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French bel derived from Latin bellus (beautiful, fair, fine, pretty) derived from Old Latin *duenelos.
Origin
Old Latin
*duenelos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beldame English
- *bellitia Latin
- *bellitus Latin
- *bellitās Latin
- *bellitātem Latin
- bella(m), bella Latin
- bellamanus Latin
- bellitātem, *bellitās, *bellitas Latin
- bellus Latin
- facio Latin
- Labello German
- bellezza Italian
- bello Italian
- belle French
- bello Spanish, Castilian
- *dw-ene- Proto-Indo-European
- beau Middle English
- beaute Old French
- bel Old French
- bele Old French
- belement Old French
- bellezour Old French
- belté Old French
- biau Old French
- biaus Old French
- bela Esperanto
- bell Catalan, Valencian
- Balvís Galician
- bela Ido
- bel Old Portuguese
- bèll Occitan
- biel Friulian
- bel Old Occitan
- beddu Sicilian
- beło Venetian
- bèllo Ligurian
- bial Dalmatian
- beâ Bourguignon
- biel Istriot
- *duenelos Old Latin
- bél Franco-Provençal