bienfaiteur
French
noun
Definitions
- benefactor; do-gooder
Etymology
Suffix from French bienfait derived from Latin benefactōrem, benefactor, benefaciō (benefit someone).
Origin
Latin
benefaciō
Gloss
benefit someone
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bene Latin
- benefacio Latin
- benefaciō Latin
- benefactor Latin
- benefactus Latin
- benefactōrem, benefactor Latin
- benefattore Italian
- bienfait French
- benefactor Spanish, Castilian
- benfeitor Portuguese
- benefactor Middle English
- benefactor Catalan, Valencian
- bine Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- binefăcător Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- făcător Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- beinfaiteur Norman
- benfatôr Friulian
- bienfechor Old Spanish