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Where does “beneficio” come from?

beneficio (Spanish) comes from Latin beneficium, from Latin beneficus, 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...

beneficio (Spanish): benefit; profit

Definitions

  1. benefit; profit

Ancestry of “beneficio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbeneficiumbenefit; favour; kindness
2Latinbeneficusbeneficent; generous, liberal
3Latinbenewell; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably
4Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
5Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
6Proto-Italicdwenosgood
7Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

Words derived from “beneficio”

  • beneficiate
  • beneficiar
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