Words that come from Old Latin “duenos”

400 words across 40 languages descend from Old Latin duenos — including benefit, beauty, benefits, beneficial, optimal, bench, benevolent, benign.

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English (204)

Italian (43)

Latin (30)

French (30)

Esperanto (20)

Catalan (7)

Dutch (5)

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