Where does “getah bening” come from?
getah bening (Indonesian) comes from Middle French bening, from Latin benignus, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
getah bening (Indonesian): lymph
Definitions
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Ancestry of “getah bening”, step by step
getah bening traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French bening
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | bening | benign; good-doing |
| 2 | Latin | benignus | kind, good, friendly, pleasant; beneficent,... |
| 3 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |