Where does “bienintencionado” come from?
bienintencionado (Spanish) comes from Spanish intencionado, from Spanish intención, from Latin intentio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
bienintencionado (Spanish): well-intentioned, well-meaning
Definitions
- well-intentioned, well-meaning
Ancestry of “bienintencionado”, step by step
bienintencionado traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish intencionado
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | intencionado | intentional, wilful, deliberate, intended |
| 2 | Spanish | intención | intention |
| 3 | Latin | intentio | strain, tension; increase, augmentation;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Spanish bien
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | bien | well; well, fine, okay; properly |
| 2 | Old Spanish | bien | well |
| 3 | Latin | bene | well; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably |
| 4 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 5 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |