Where does “bunitéza” come from?
bunitéza (Macanese) comes from Portuguese boniteza, from Portuguese bonito, from Spanish bonito, from Spanish bueno, from Old Spanish bueno, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
bunitéza (Macanese): beauty
Definitions
- beauty
Ancestry of “bunitéza”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | boniteza | beauty; quality of what is beautiful |
| 2 | Portuguese | bonito | pretty, lovely; beautifully, in a beautiful way;... |
| 3 | Spanish | bonito | pretty; nice, lovely, cute, sweet, fine,... |
| 4 | Spanish | bueno | good; fine; okay; fine |
| 5 | Old Spanish | bueno | good |
| 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... |