Where does “benepisyaryo” come from?
benepisyaryo (Cebuano) comes from Spanish beneficiario, from Latin beneficiārius, from Latin beneficium, from Latin beneficus, from Latin bene, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
benepisyaryo (Cebuano): beneficiary
Definitions
- beneficiary
Ancestry of “benepisyaryo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | beneficiario | beneficiary |
| 2 | Latin | beneficiārius | privileged soldier who is exempt from certain duties |
| 3 | Latin | beneficium | benefit; favour; kindness |
| 4 | Latin | beneficus | beneficent; generous, liberal |
| 5 | Latin | bene | well; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably |
| 6 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 7 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |