Belle
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early 17th century: from French, feminine of beau, from Latin bella, feminine of bellus ‘beautiful’.
wiktionary
From French belle(“beautiful”), from Latin bella.
etymonline
belle (n.)
"beautiful woman well-dressed; reigning beauty," 1620s, from French belle, from Old French bele, from Latin bella, fem. of bellus "beautiful, fair," from PIE *dwenelo-, diminutive form of root *deu- (2) "to do, perform; show favor, revere." "The dim. meaning is the reason why bellus was originally used to refer to women and children; it was applied to men only ironically" [de Vaan].
