Meaning

noun endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys

noun a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)

noun an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found

originFrom Middle English belt, from Old English belt (“belt, girdle”), from Proto-West Germanic *baltī̆, from Proto-Germanic *baltijaz (“girdle, belt”), from Latin balteus (“belt, sword-belt”), of Etruscan origin. Cognate with Scots belt (“belt”), Dutch belt, German Balz (“belt”), Danish bælte (“belt”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk belte (“belt”), Swedish bälte (“belt, cincture, girdle,…

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