Reconstruction:Latin/bene venitus

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Alternative forms

• *bene venūtus

Etymology

bene (“well”) + *venītus, innovative past participle of veniō (“to come”). Calque of Frankish *willikumō (with the first element wrongly identified as *wela (“well”) rather than *willjō (“will, desire”)), from Proto-Germanic *wiljakumô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛne βeˈnitos/

Adjective

*bene venītus (feminine *bene venīta, neuter *bene venītum); indeclinable portion with a first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. welcome

Declension

First/second declension.

Italo-Western declension of *bene venītus
Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	*bę́nę vęnítọs	*bę́nę vęníta	*bę́nę vęnítọ		*bę́nę vęníti	*bę́nę vęnítę	*bę́nę vęníta
genitive	*bę́nę vęníti	*bę́nę vęnítę	*bę́nę vęníti		*bę́nę vęnitọ́rọ	*bę́nę vęnitárọ	*bę́nę vęnitọ́rọ
dative	*bę́nę vęnítọ	*bę́nę vęnítę	*bę́nę vęnítọ		*bę́nę vęnítis	*bę́nę vęnítis	*bę́nę vęnítis
accusative-ablative	*bę́nę vęnítọ	*bę́nę vęnítã	*bę́nę vęnítọ		*bę́nę vęnítọs	*bę́nę vęnítas	*bę́nę vęníta

Interjection

*bene venītus!

1. welcome!

Descendants

• →? Aromanian: ghini vinishi (calque)
• Asturian: bienveníu
• Old Portuguese:
  • Galician: benvido, benvindo
  • Portuguese: bem-vindo, Benvindo
    • Papiamentu: bon bini
• Old Spanish: bienvenido
  • Spanish: bienvenido
• Romansch: bainvegni
• Sardinian: bene bennios, benénnidu
• Tarantino: bovègne