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Where does “bénéficiairement” come from?

bénéficiairement (French) comes from French bénéficiaire, from Medieval Latin beneficiarius, 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...

bénéficiairement (French): beneficially

Definitions

  1. beneficially

Ancestry of “bénéficiairement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbénéficiairebeneficial; beneficiary, recipient
2Medieval Latinbeneficiariusprivileged soldier who is exempt from certain...
3Latinbeneficiumbenefit; favour; kindness
4Latinbeneficusbeneficent; generous, liberal
5Latinbenewell; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably
6Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
7Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
8Proto-Italicdwenosgood
9Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
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