Beauty etymology

English

English word beauty comes from Middle English (1100-1500) bealte

Etymology of beauty

Detailed word origin of beauty

Dictionary entry Language Definition
bealte Middle English (1100-1500) (enm)
beauty English (en) (obsolete) Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.. (particle, obsolete) A beauty quark (now called bottom quark).. (with the definite article) The excellence, e.g. the genius. An excellent or egregious example of something.. Beauty treatment; cosmetology.. Someone who is beautiful.. Something that is particularly good or pleasing.. The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, [...]

Words with the same origin as beauty

Descendants of bealte

beautiful