Etymology

belluine

bel·lu·ine
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Today it means: Of, characteristic of, or pertaining to beasts; animal, bestial; brutal. Full definition →

Latin belluīnus ← Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
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  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*-iHnos“suffix forming adjectives”
  2. Latin · borrowed frombelluīnus
  3. English todaybelluine

Borrowed from Latin belluīnus, an alternative spelling of bēluīnus (“animal, bestial; brutal”) (whence the English beluine) + -ine (“suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’”). Bēluīnus is derived from bēlua (“(wild) beast; monster; brute”) + -īnus (“suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’”) (from Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos (“suffix forming adjectives”)).

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