Where does “nonbeneficial” come from?
nonbeneficial (English) comes from English beneficial, from Latin beneficiālis, from Latin beneficium, from Latin beneficus, from Latin bene, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
nonbeneficial (English): Not beneficial; that produces no benefit
Definitions
- Not beneficial; that produces no benefit
Ancestry of “nonbeneficial”, step by step
nonbeneficial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English beneficial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | beneficial | Helpful or good to something or someone; Relating... |
| 2 | Latin | beneficiālis | beneficial; generous |
| 3 | Latin | beneficium | benefit; favour; kindness |
| 4 | Latin | beneficus | beneficent; generous, liberal |
| 5 | Latin | bene | well; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably |
| 6 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 7 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |