Where does “Benoît” come from?

Benoît (French) comes from Old French beneoit, from Latin Benedictus, from Latin benedīcō, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

Benoît (French): blessed, fortunate

Definitions

  1. blessed, fortunate

Ancestry of “Benoît”, step by step

Benoît traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French beneoit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbeneoit
2LatinBenedictusBenedict
3Latinbenedīcōto speak well of someone, commend
4Latindīcōto say, talk, speak, utter, mention
5Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
6Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
7Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
8Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
10Latincalceusshoe
11Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
12Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Ecclesiastical Latin benedictus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ecclesiastical Latinbenedictusblessed; a blessed person; blessed, having been...

Words derived from “Benoît

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-