Where does “beatitude” come from?
Beatitude comes from French béatitude, from Latin beatitudo, derived from the Latin adjective beatus, itself from the Latin verb beo, tracing back through Proto-Italic dweos and dwejos to the Proto-Indo-European root dew-.
beatitude (English): Supreme, utmost bliss and happiness; Any one of...
Definitions
- Supreme, utmost bliss and happiness; Any one of...
Ancestry of “beatitude”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | béatitude | bliss, beatitude |
| 2 | Latin | beātitūdō | Happiness, blessedness, felicity, beatitude, blissfulness |
| 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... |