Where does “benefici” come from?
benefici (Italian) comes from Italian beneficiare, from Italian beneficio, 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...
benefici (Italian): masculine plural of benefico; plural of...
Definitions
- masculine plural of benefico; plural of...
Ancestry of “benefici”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | beneficiare | to benefit, to profit |
| 2 | Italian | beneficio | benefit; profit, gain; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Latin | beneficium | benefit; favour; kindness |
| 4 | Latin | beneficus | beneficent; generous, liberal |
| 5 | Latin | bene | well; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably |
| 6 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 7 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |