Etymology of the English word beetroot
the English word
beetrootderived from the English word
beetderived from the Latin word
beta (beet, beetroot; beta; second of anything, second item)
derived from the Greek word
beta, βῆτα
derived from the English word
rootderived from the English word
rotderived from the Old Norse word
rotderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wrad-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wrād-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*rutjanderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*wrotananUsage
Word found in Modern English
