Etymology

beet

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Today it means: Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar. Full definition →

Middle English bete ← Old English bēte ← Latin bēta
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beet · noun1

  1. Latin · derived frombēta
  2. Old English · inherited frombēte
  3. Middle English · inherited frombete
  4. English todaybeet

From Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin bēta, possibly of Celtic origin.

beet · verb2

  1. Old English · inherited frombētan
  2. Middle English · inherited frombeten
  3. English todaybeet

From Middle English beten, from Old English bētan.

Words from the same roots

Latinbēta all →

betainebetalain

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