Where does “e-benefits” come from?
e-benefits (English) comes from English benefits, 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 — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
e-benefits (English): The use of a computer system to manage employees'...
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- The use of a computer system to manage employees'...
Ancestry of “e-benefits”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | benefits | plural of benefit; Third-person singular simple... |
| 2 | English | benefit | An advantage; help or aid from something; A... |
| 3 | Middle English | benefytt | — |
| 4 | Middle English | benfet | — |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | benfet | well-done |
| 6 | Old French | bienfet | — |
| 7 | Old French | bienfaire | to do good, do well |
| 8 | Old French | bien | well; indeed; possession; object of value |
| 9 | Latin | bene | well; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably |
| 10 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 11 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |