belo
Portuguese
/ˈbɛ.lu/
adj
Definitions
- beautiful; attractive having beauty
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese bel inherited from Latin bellus (beautiful, fair, fine, pretty) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dw-ene-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dw-ene-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *bellitia Latin
- *bellitus Latin
- *bellitās Latin
- *bellitātem Latin
- bellamanus Latin
- bellitātem, *bellitās, *bellitas Latin
- bellus Latin
- facio Latin
- Labello German
- bellezza Italian
- bello Italian
- bello Spanish, Castilian
- *dw-ene- Proto-Indo-European
- antibeleza Portuguese
- beleza Portuguese
- belezura Portuguese
- embelezar Portuguese
- beaute Old French
- bel Old French
- bellezour Old French
- biau Old French
- biaus Old French
- bela Esperanto
- bell Catalan, Valencian
- 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