Where does “benignu” come from?
benignu (Sardinian) comes from Italian benigno, from Latin benignus, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
benignu (Sardinian): benign
Definitions
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Ancestry of “benignu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | benigno | benign; kindly |
| 2 | Latin | benignus | kind, good, friendly, pleasant; beneficent,... |
| 3 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |