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Where does “dwenos” come from?

dwenos (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European dew- — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

dwenos (Proto-Italic): good

Definitions

  1. good

Ancestry of “dwenos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

Words derived from “dwenos”

  • benefit
  • beauty
  • benefits
  • beneficial
  • optimal
  • bench
  • benevolent
  • benign
  • beneficiary
  • optimistic
  • Bonaparte
  • optimism
  • bonus
  • optimum
  • Belle
  • Benedict
  • bounty
  • benchmark
  • Bella
  • Bonnie
  • beneficent
  • benefactor
  • benediction
  • Belinda
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