bénir
French
verb
Definitions
- to bless
Etymology
Inherited from Old French beneïr inherited from Latin benedīcere.
Origin
Latin
benedīcere
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- benedict English
- benedicō, benedīcere Latin
- benedīcere Latin
- bendecir Italian
- benedire Italian
- bendecir Spanish, Castilian
- beneïr Old French
- beni Esperanto
- beno Esperanto
- malbeni Esperanto
- beneir Catalan, Valencian
- béni Norman
- bẽeizer Old Portuguese
- bẽezer, bẽeizer Old Portuguese
- benedî Friulian