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beau- root words — words with the beau- root

The root beau- comes from Latin bellus, meaning beautiful, fine. 23 words in Dendril are built from it, including beautiful, beautifully, beauty, beautician, beauticians, beauties, beautified, beautify, beautifying, embellish, embellished, embellishes. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the beau- root

Explore words with beau- — words containing the beau- root and sharing its sense of "beautiful, fine". Examples include beautiful, beautifully, beauty, beautician, beauticians, beauties, beautified, beautify, beautifying, embellish, embellished, embellishes. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does beau- mean?

The beau- root means beautiful, fine, from Latin bellus. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.