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
Definitions
- blessedly; happily
Ancestry of “bienheureusement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (priest, diviner, or soothsayer, one who foretold the future in part by interpreting the song and flight of birds) |
| 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- | — |