Where does “beneficiar” come from?
beneficiar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese benefício, from Old Portuguese beneficio, from Latin beneficium, from Latin beneficus, from Latin bene, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
beneficiar (Portuguese): to benefit, profit; to advantage; to avail
Definitions
- to benefit, profit; to advantage; to avail
Ancestry of “beneficiar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | benefício | benefit; advantage; profit, gain |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | beneficio | — |
| 3 | Latin | beneficium | benefit; favour; kindness |
| 4 | Latin | beneficus | beneficent; generous, liberal |
| 5 | Latin | bene | well; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably |
| 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... |