Where does “bendito” come from?
bendito (Portuguese) comes from Ecclesiastical Latin benedictus, from Latin Benedictus, from Latin benedīcō, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
bendito (Portuguese): blessed; holy
Definitions
- blessed; holy
Ancestry of “bendito”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ecclesiastical Latin | benedictus | blessed; a blessed person; blessed, having been... |
| 2 | Latin | Benedictus | Benedict |
| 3 | Latin | benedīcō | to speak well of someone, commend |
| 4 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |