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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bel"
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English bel (“fair, excellent"; in compounds "great-, grand-”), from Anglo-Norman bel, Old French bel (“beautiful, noble, honorable”).
Prefix[edit]
bel-
- (obsolete, no longer productive) A prefix equivalent to grand-
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Back-formation from belső (“interior”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
bel-
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ bel- in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations
Further reading[edit]
- bel- in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
Indonesian[edit]
Prefix[edit]
bel-
- Alternative form of ber-
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- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- English terms derived from Old French
- English lemmas
- English prefixes
- English terms with obsolete senses
- Hungarian back-formations
- Hungarian words originating from the language reform
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with audio links
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian prefixes
- Hungarian three-letter words
- Indonesian non-lemma forms
- Indonesian prefix forms