Where does “benefaciō” come from?

benefaciō (Latin) comes from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

benefaciō (Latin): to do good

Definitions

  1. to do good

Ancestry of “benefaciō”, step by step

benefaciō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin faciō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfaciōto do
2Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
3Latin-tōriusory
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

via Latin bene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbenewell; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably
2Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
3Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
4Proto-Italicdwenosgood
5Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

Words derived from “benefaciō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -torium →Every word from Latin -tor →