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Belli is the genitive singular of the word bellum, meaning "war." In English it occurs most frequently in the phrase casus belli, meaning "an occasion for [literally 'of'] war."

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Bell is not a Greek root. It's Germanic in origin (and possibly Dutch). It means "bell."

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The latin stem "bell" means war.

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-bel- means "war"

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