Where does “Benic” come from?
Benic (Romanian) comes from Hungarian Benedek, from Ecclesiastical Latin benedictus, from Latin Benedictus, from Latin benedīcō, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Benic (Romanian): dotted satin
Definitions
- dotted satin
Ancestry of “Benic”, step by step
Benic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian Benedek
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | Benedek | — |
| 2 | Ecclesiastical Latin | benedictus | blessed; a blessed person; blessed, having been... |
| 3 | Latin | Benedictus | Benedict |
| 4 | Latin | benedīcō | to speak well of someone, commend |
| 5 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Ottoman Turkish بكك
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | بكك | small spot or speckle of a different color from what surrounds it |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بك | ruler; the ace in card- and boardgames |
| 3 | Old Turkic | 𐰋𐰏 | head of a clan, chief |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *bēg | lord |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | bagáh | god |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bʰagás | portion, part, share, allotment; fate, destiny;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰh₂g-ó-s | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂g- | to divide, distribute, allot |