Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryBeta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar. · A beetroot; a swollen root of such a plant used as a culinary vegetable.
From Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin bēta, possibly of Celtic origin.
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