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Where does “bonvena” come from?

bonvena (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto bonveno, from Esperanto veno, from Esperanto -o, from Spanish -ó, from Latin Aramaicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραμαϊκός, from Aramaic ܐܪܡܝܐ, from Aramaic ארמיא.

bonvena (Esperanto): welcome

Definitions

  1. welcome

Ancestry of “bonvena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantobonvenowelcome
2Esperantovenothe act of coming
3Esperanto-oNominal suffix. Most Esperanto nouns end in "-o";...
4Spanish-óA suffix indicating the third-person singular...
5LatinAramaicus—
6Ancient GreekἈραμαϊκός—
7AramaicܐܪܡܝܐAramean; gentile
8Aramaicארמיא—
9Aramaicארם—
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