beet
Afrikaans
/biə̯t/
noun
Definitions
- beetroot
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish beet (bite) inherited from Middle Dutch bete derived from Latin bēta (beet).
Origin
Latin
bēta
Gloss
beet
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bēta Latin
- beta Italian
- bieta Italian
- bietola Italian
- adderbeet Dutch, Flemish
- beet Dutch, Flemish
- beetgaar Dutch, Flemish
- beetje Dutch, Flemish
- beetnemen Dutch, Flemish
- beetpakken Dutch, Flemish
- biet Dutch, Flemish
- bette French
- βῆτα Ancient Greek
- beterraba Portuguese
- beta Swedish
- beto Esperanto
- bleda Catalan, Valencian
- beterraba Galician
- bete Middle Dutch
- bēte Middle Dutch
- bette Norman
- *biti Old Dutch
- bēye Middle Low German