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Where does “benévolo” come from?

benévolo (Spanish) comes from Latin benevolus, from Latin bene, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European dew- — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

benévolo (Spanish): benevolent

Definitions

  1. benevolent

Ancestry of “benévolo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbenevolusbenevolent, kind, friendly, favorable
2Latinbenewell; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably
3Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
4Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
5Proto-Italicdwenosgood
6Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
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