benvenuto
See also: Benvenuto and ben venuto
Italian edit
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bene venūtus, presumably a calque of a Frankish term, derived from Proto-Germanic *wiljakwemô (“a welcome guest or arrival”), from which many modern Germanic forms descend, such as English welcome. By surface analysis, ben (“well”, apocopic form of bene) + venuto (“come”, past participle of venire)
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Adjective edit
benvenuto (feminine benvenuta, masculine plural benvenuti, feminine plural benvenute)
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benvenuto
Noun edit
benvenuto m (plural benvenuti)
- welcome (greeting)
References edit
- ^ benvenuto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)