bestial

bestial · adjective¹

1. Latin · derived frombēstia“beast”
2. Late Latin · derived frombēstiālis
3. Old French · derived frombestial
4. Middle English · inherited frombestial
5. English todaybestial

From Middle English bestial, from Old French bestial, from Late Latin bēstiālis, from Latin bēstia (“beast”) (whence English beast).

bestial · noun²

1. Late Latin · derived frombēstiālis
2. Middle French · derived frombestial
3. Late Latin · derived frombēstiālia
4. Old French · derived frombestaille
5. Middle English · derived frombestayle
6. Middle Scots · borrowed frombestiall
7. English todaybestial

From Middle Scots bestiall, from Middle English bestayle, from Old French bestaille, from Late Latin bēstiālia; later reinforced and remodelled on Middle French bestial, itself from Late Latin bēstiālis.

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