Where does “benefactivity” come from?
benefactivity (English) comes from English benefactive, from Latin benefactus, from Latin benefaciō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
benefactivity (English): The quality of being benefactive
Definitions
- The quality of being benefactive
Ancestry of “benefactivity”, step by step
benefactivity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English benefactive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | benefactive | Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case... |
| 2 | Latin | benefactus | benefited; blessed |
| 3 | Latin | benefaciō | to do good |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |