bel-

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bel"

English

Etymology

From Middle English bel (“fair, excellent"; in compounds "great-, grand-”), from Anglo-Norman bel, Old French bel (“beautiful, noble, honorable”).

Prefix

bel-

  1. (obsolete, no longer productive) A prefix equivalent to grand-
    belchild (“grandchild”)
    beldame (“grandmother”)
    belsire (“grandfather”)

Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from belső (“interior”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bel

Prefix

bel-

  1. (noun prefix) interior, internal, domestic
    Antonym: kül-
    ‎bel- + ‎város (“city”) → ‎belváros (“city centre”)

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns prefixed with bel-

References

  1. ^ bel- in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • bel- in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Indonesian

Prefix

bel-

  1. Alternative form of ber-
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