Where does “bienfait” come from?
bienfait (Middle French) comes from Middle French bienfaire, from Middle French faire, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
bienfait (Middle French): past participle of bienfaire; good deed; generous...
Definitions
- past participle of bienfaire; good deed; generous...
Ancestry of “bienfait”, step by step
bienfait traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French bienfaire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | bienfaire | to do right; to act morally |
| 2 | Middle French | faire | to do; to make; to choose; to elect |
| 3 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Latin benefactus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | benefactus | benefited; blessed |
| 2 | Latin | benefaciō | to do good |