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Where does “beneficiare” come from?

beneficiare (Italian) comes from Italian beneficio, from Latin beneficium, from Latin beneficus, from Latin bene, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European dew- — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

beneficiare (Italian): to benefit, to profit

Definitions

  1. to benefit, to profit

Ancestry of “beneficiare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbeneficiobenefit; profit, gain; first-person singular...
2Latinbeneficiumbenefit; favour; kindness
3Latinbeneficusbeneficent; generous, liberal
4Latinbenewell; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably
5Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
6Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
7Proto-Italicdwenosgood
8Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

Words derived from “beneficiare”

  • beneficiato
  • beneficio
  • benefici
  • beneficiare
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