bienvenue
French
noun
Definitions
- welcome
Etymology
Inherited from Old French bienvenue compound from French bien (well, very) + French venue (coming, come)derived from Proto-Germanic *wiljakwumô (a welcome guest arrival).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wiljakwumô
Gloss
a welcome guest arrival
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bene Italian
- bien French
- bienfaisant French
- bienheureux French
- bientôt French
- bienveillant French
- bienvenu French
- venue French
- bien Spanish, Castilian
- *wiljakwumô Proto-Germanic
- bienvenue Old French
- benvinguda Catalan, Valencian
- bien Middle French
- ben Occitan
- benvengut Occitan
- vengut Occitan
- byen Haitian, Haitian Creole
- byenvini Haitian, Haitian Creole
- byen Mauritian Creole
- byen Seychellois Creole