## AI Etymology
beaut is a colloquial shortening of beauty, from Old French biaute, from Latin bellitas, from bellus ('pretty'). The path is chiefly one of transmission: an older form is taken into English, with the word's shape and meaning carried through the language names and forms preserved in the history. In modern use, the noun sense is "informally, an outstanding or admirable example of something", which keeps the etymology connected to the word's present dictionary value rather than treating it as a merely historical label. The wider word family includes related English forms such as beauty, beautiful, showing how the same base continues to support neighboring English vocabulary. The principal historical forms in the chain include Old French biaute, Latin bellus, which anchor the explanation in named linguistic material.

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