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benison

Meaningblessing

Common meaning: blessing

Journey through time

  1. Latinbenedictio‘blessing’source
  2. Old Frenchbeneison‘blessing’source
  3. Middle Englishbeneysun‘blessing’source
  4. Englishbenison‘blessing’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin benedictio ‘blessing’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry BENISON, p. 59 · dictionary scan

Roots

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