Where does “bienheureusement” come from?
bienheureusement (French) comes from French bienheureux, from French heureux, from French heur, from Old French eür, from Latin augurium, from Latin augur, from Latvian augos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-.
bienheureusement (French): blessedly; happily
Ancestry of “bienheureusement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | bienheureux | blessed, blest; happy, blissful, lucky |
| 2 | French | heureux | happy; glad; lucky, fortunate |
| 3 | French | heur | chance; fortune |
| 4 | Old French | eür | Alternative form of eur |
| 5 | Latin | augurium | augury; divination, prediction; omen, portent |
| 6 | Latin | augur | augur |
| 7 | Latvian | augos | locative plural form of augs; locative plural... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |