Where does “Biển Đức” come from?
Biển Đức (Vietnamese) comes from Portuguese Bento, from Old Portuguese bẽeyto, from Ecclesiastical Latin benedictus, from Latin Benedictus, from Latin benedīcō, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Biển Đức (Vietnamese): Benedict
Definitions
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Ancestry of “Biển Đức”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | Bento | holy, sacred |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | bẽeyto | blessed |
| 3 | Ecclesiastical Latin | benedictus | blessed; a blessed person; blessed, having been... |
| 4 | Latin | Benedictus | Benedict |
| 5 | Latin | benedīcō | to speak well of someone, commend |
| 6 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |