Where does “beatificate” come from?
beatificate (English) comes from English beatific, from Latin beatificus, from Latin beātus, from Latin beo, from Proto-Italic dweos, from Proto-Italic dwejos, from Proto-Indo-European dew- — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
beatificate (English): To beatify
Definitions
- To beatify
Ancestry of “beatificate”, step by step
beatificate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English beatific
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | beatific | blessed, blissful, heavenly; having a benign... |
| 2 | Latin | beatificus | that makes happy; blessing, beatific |
| 3 | Latin | beātus | happy, (truly) happy, blessed, fortunate |
| 4 | Latin | beo | I bless; I gladden; I enrich |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | dweos | happy |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | dwejos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |
via Latin beatificatus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | beatificatus | blessed |
| 2 | Latin | beatifico | I make happy; I bless |
| 3 | Latin | -ficō | forms factitive, causative, or other verbs from the roots of nouns and adjectives; -ify |
| 4 | Latin | -ficus | Forms adjectives that denote bringing or making |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -fakos | -making, -producing |