Where does “benefitless” come from?
benefitless (English) comes from English benefit, from Middle English benefytt, from Middle English benfet, from Anglo-Norman benfet, from Old French bienfet, from Old French bienfaire, from Old French bien, from Latin bene — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
benefitless (English): Without benefits
Definitions
- Without benefits
Ancestry of “benefitless”, step by step
benefitless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English benefit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | benefit | An advantage; help or aid from something; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | benefytt | — |
| 3 | Middle English | benfet | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | benfet | well-done |
| 5 | Old French | bienfet | — |
| 6 | Old French | bienfaire | to do good, do well |
| 7 | Old French | bien | well; indeed; possession; object of value |
| 8 | Latin | bene | well; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably |
| 9 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 10 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |