 | ThisLatin entry containsreconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directlyattested, but are hypothesized to have existed based oncomparative evidence. |
bene(“well”) +*venūtus, innovative past participle ofveniō(“to come”). The past participle ending*-ūtus are extracted from supine forms of third conjugation verbs with stems ending in-u (i.e.cōnsuō, perfectcōnsuī, supinecōnsūtus).
Calque ofFrankish*willjakwemō (with the first element wrongly identified as*wela(“well”) rather than*willjō(“will, desire”)), fromProto-Germanic*wiljakwemô.
*benevenūtus (feminine*bene venūta,neuter*bene venūtum);indeclinable portion with afirst/second-declension adjective(Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
First/second declension.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | *bę́nę vęnútọs | *bę́nę vęnúta | *bę́nę vęnútọ | *bę́nę vęnúti | *bę́nę vęnútę | *bę́nę vęnúta | |
| genitive | *bę́nę vęnúti | *bę́nę vęnútę | *bę́nę vęnúti | *bę́nę vęnutọ́rọ | *bę́nę vęnutárọ | *bę́nę vęnutọ́rọ | |
| dative | *bę́nę vęnútọ | *bę́nę vęnútę | *bę́nę vęnútọ | *bę́nę vęnútis | *bę́nę vęnútis | *bę́nę vęnútis | |
| accusative-ablative | *bę́nę vęnútọ | *bę́nę vęnútã | *bę́nę vęnútọ | *bę́nę vęnútọs | *bę́nę vęnútas | *bę́nę vęnúta | |