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beta.

beet, beetroot;

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A beet.

    declension-1
Where this word comes from

Said by some sources to be of Celtic origin, but no obvious Celtic cognates exist; Ernout and Meillet adduce an apparently apocryphal Irish biatuis as cognate. Also compared are blitum (“spinach”), meta (“conic heap of stones”) (compared to the root's spindle form), and less likely, sense 2, with the seed vessel resembling the letter.

noun
  1. The Greek letter beta.

    indeclinable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *bayt- Phoenician 𐤁𐤕 (bt)bor. Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta)bor. Latin beta Borrowed from Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta).

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