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

  1. masculine plural of benefico; plural of...

Ancestry of “benefici”, step by step

benefici traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian beneficiare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbeneficiareto benefit, to profit
2Italianbeneficiobenefit; profit, gain; first-person singular...
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...

via Italian benefico

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbeneficobeneficial, salutary, benign; beneficent,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dew-Every word from Proto-Italic dwenosEvery word from Old Latin duenos