beet
English
/biːt/
noun
Definitions
- Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
- A beetroot, a swollen root of such a plant.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bete inherited from Old English bete derived from Latin beta.
Origin
Latin
beta
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beetfly English
- beetroot English
- beetrooty English
- beeturia English
- beetworm English
- fly English
- root English
- silver English
- silverbeet English
- worm English
- beta Latin
- Bete German
- βῆτα Ancient Greek
- beta Portuguese
- bete Old English
- bete Middle English
- bede Danish
- bedemand Danish
- tilbede Danish
- บีตรูต Thai
- peet Estonian
- *bett Proto-Celtic
- bete Middle Low German
- bēye Middle Low German
- பீட்ரூட் Tamil