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bellus.

beautiful, pretty, handsome

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[ˈbɛl.lʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈbɛl.lus]

  1. beautiful, pretty, handsome

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2

  2. pleasant, agreeable, charming

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin *duenelos Latin bellus From Old Latin *duenelos, diminutive of duenos (“good”) (whence bonus (“idem”)). Compare typologically Russian хоро́шенький (xoróšenʹkij) (diminutive of хоро́ший (xoróšij)). Also compare приго́жий (prigóžij) (< *goditi, akin to го́дный (gódnyj), cognate with English good). See also Ancient Greek καλός (kalós) (means both beautiful and good), and Mongolian сайхан (sajxan) (akin to сайн (sajn)). Also note the first element of Greek όμορφος (ómorfos) (<< Ancient Greek εὖ (eû) + μορφή (morphḗ)) (for the second see fōrmōsus).

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