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Where does “Beneswela” come from?

Beneswela (Tagalog) comes from Spanish Venezuela, from Italian Veneziola, from Italian Venezia, from Latin Venetia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “Beneswela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishVenezuelaVenezuela
2ItalianVeneziola—
3ItalianVeneziaVenice
4LatinVenetiaVenice
5Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →