Etymology

Beatlesque

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Today it means: Similar to The Beatles or their music. Full definition →

English Beatles ← Middle English bitle, bitel, bityl, bytylle ← Old English bitula, bitela, bītel
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The story

  1. Englishbeat all
  2. EnglishBeatals
  3. Proto-Indo-European*bʰew-der.?
  4. Proto-Germanic*bautaną
  5. Proto-West Germanic*bautan
  6. Old Englishbēatan
  7. Middle Englishbeten
  8. Englishbeat
  9. Proto-Germanic*bitilô, *bītilaz
  10. Proto-West Germanic*bitilō, *bītil
  11. Old Englishbitula, bitela, bītel
  12. Middle Englishbitle, bitel, bityl, bytylle
  13. Englishbeetle
  14. Englishbeetles
  15. EnglishBeatles
  16. English todayBeatlesque

From Beatles + -esque.

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