Where does “beneficently” come from?
beneficently (English) comes from English beneficent, from Latin beneficens, from Latin beneficiārius, from Latin beneficium, from Latin beneficus, from Latin bene, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
beneficently (English): In a beneficent manner
Ancestry of “beneficently”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | beneficent | Given to acts that are kind, charitable,... |
| 2 | Latin | beneficens | — |
| 3 | Latin | beneficiārius | — |
| 4 | Latin | beneficium | benefit; favour; kindness |
| 5 | Latin | beneficus | beneficent; generous, liberal |
| 6 | Latin | bene | well; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably |
| 7 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 8 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |