beta
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noun
Definitions
- beta; the Greek letter Β, β
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βῆτα (second) derived from Proto-Semitic *bayt- (house, site, location, nest).
Origin
Proto-Semitic
*bayt-
Gloss
house, site, location, nest
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Cognates and derived terms
- abetalipoproteinemia English
- beta English
- beth English
- beeta Finnish
- beta Latin
- bēta Latin
- béta Hungarian
- βῆτα Ancient Greek
- beta Czech
- بيت Arabic
- بَيْت Arabic
- beta Serbo-Croatian
- beta Catalan, Valencian
- beta Galician
- beta Faroese
- בית Hebrew (modern)
- ביתא Hebrew (modern)
- בתא Hebrew (modern)
- beta Slovak
- beta Asturian
- *bayt- Proto-Semitic
- ביתא Aramaic
- ܒܝܬܐ Classical Syriac
- 𒂍 Akkadian
- 𐤁 Phoenician
- 𐤁𐤉𐤕 Phoenician
- 𐤁𐤕 Phoenician
- ቤት Amharic
- 𐎁𐎚 Ugaritic
- ቤት Ge'ez
- ቤት Tigrinya
- 𐩨𐩺𐩩 Old South Arabian
- ࡁࡉࡕ Mandaic