Where does “benefice” come from?
Benefice comes from Old French benefice, from Latin beneficium, meaning a favor or benefit, from bene (well) and facio (to do), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-.
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Ancestry of “benefice”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | benefice | benefice; favour, advantage; benefit |
| 2 | Latin | beneficium | benefit; favour; kindness |
| 3 | Latin | beneficus | beneficent; generous, liberal |
| 4 | Latin | bene | well; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably |
| 5 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 6 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |