Beauteous
/ˈbjuːtiəs/noun
Beautiful; possessing beauty.
Did you know?Beauteous is built on the same Old French beauty-root that ultimately goes back to Latin *bellus* (“pretty, fine”), a word that helped shape a whole family of elegance words across European languages.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dwē- / *deu̯-
“A debated ancestral source behind Latin and later Romance beauty words, often linked indirectly through semantic development.”
Latin
Latin
bellus
“Pretty, fine, charming.”
Old French
Old French
bealte / beaute
“Beauty, loveliness.”
Middle English
English
beauteous
“Beautiful; full of beauty.”
Modern English
English
beauteous
“Beautiful; possessing beauty.”