ENGLISH ROOT WORD: bell- from Latin bella, bellus

【bell-】 is word -forming element
usually meaning "pretty, handsome, charming"
from Latin "bella, bellus"

 

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[WORD ROOT]root bell
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] bell, beaut, bellar, belle
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Latin) bella, bellus
[MEANING]root pretty, handsome, charming

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ENTYMOLOGY】

• 【Latin】 bella [fem, of bellus] beautiful, fair
• 【Latin】 bellus pretty, handsome, charming; beautiful, fair

[LIST OF ENGLISH WORD]

beauteous, beautician, beautiful, beautifully, beauty, beldam, belladonna, belle, belvedere, embellish

 

 

 

Please see Word information in detail as follows;

beauteous [adjective] from beauty < bell-
【DEFINITION】 Beauteous means the same as beautiful.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 having beauty, pleasing to the senses
【DERIVATIVEs】 beauteous, beauteously, beauteousness, beautiful, beautify, beauty
【ROOTs】 ⑴ beaut(bell); pretty, handsome, charming ⑵ e(y); suffix ⑶ ous; adjective suffix

beautician [noun] from beauty < bell-
【DEFINITION】 A beautician is a person whose job is giving people beauty treatments such as doing their nails, treating their skin, and putting on their make-up.
【ROOTs】 ⑴ beaut(bell); pretty, handsome, charming ⑵ ic; adjective suffix ⑶ ian(an); noun suffix

beautiful [adjective] from beauty < bell-
【DEFINITION】 A beautiful person is very attractive to look at.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 pleasing to the eye (or ear) or mind or soul
【DERIVATIVEs】 beauteous, beautiful, beautifulness, beautify, beauty, beautifully
【ROOTs】 ⑴ beaut(bell); pretty, handsome, charming ⑵ I(y); suffix ⑶ ful; adjective suffix

beautifully [adverb] from beauty < bell-
【DERIVATIVEs】 beautiful, beautifulness, beautify, beauty, beautifully
【ROOTs】 ⑴ beaut(bell); pretty, handsome, charming ⑵ I(y); suffix ⑶ ful; adjective suffix ⑷ ly; suffix

beauty [noun] from beauty < bell-
【DEFINITION】 Beauty is the state or quality of being beautiful.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 physical attractiveness
【pl.】 beauties
【DERIVATIVEs】 beauteous, beauteously, beauteousness, beautiful, beautifulness, beautify, beauty, beautifully
【SYNONYM】 advantage
【ROOTs】 ⑴ beaut(bell); pretty, handsome ⑵ ty; suffix ⑶ y; suffix

beldam [noun] from dame
【DEFINITION】 an old woman
【PRIMARY MEANING】 aged woman
【ROOTs】 ⑴ bel(bell); pretty, handsome, charming ⑵ dam(domin); master, house, lady

 

 

 

 

belladonna [noun] from bell-
【DEFINITION】 either of two alkaloid drugs, atropine or hyoscyamine, obtained from the leaves and roots of the deadly nightshade
【PRIMARY MEANING】 deadly nightshade
【SYNONYM】 BELLADONNA LILY
【ROOTs】 ⑴ bella(bell); pretty, handsome ⑵ donna(domin); master , house

belle [noun] from bell-
【DEFINITION】 A belle is a beautiful woman, especially the most beautiful woman at a party or in a group.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 beautiful woman well-dressed; reigning beauty
【ROOTs】 belle(bell); pretty, handsome

belvedere [noun] from belvedere < bell-
【DEFINITION】 a building, such as a summerhouse or roofed gallery, sited to command a fine view See also gazebo
【PRIMARY MEANING】 raised turret or open story atop a house
【ROOTs】 ⑴ bel(bell); pretty, handsome ⑵ vedere; view, sight

embellish [verb] from bell-
【DEFINITION】 If something is embellished with decorative features or patterns, it has those features or patterns on it and they make it look more attractive.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 to render beautiful
【CONJUGATIONs】 embellished, embellished, embellishing, embellishes
【DERIVATIVEs】 embellisher, embellishment, embellish
【SYNONYM】 decorate, embroider
【ROOTs】 ⑴ em(en); in, into ⑵ bell; pretty, handsome ⑶ ish; adjective suffix

Other word list containing bell-; bell-

【OTHER ROOTs; 】
bel-, belli-
auto
aug-, auct-
aud-, audi-, audio-
avi-, au-
astro-
arc-, arch-
arch, archi, archy
ante
agog

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