köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese bẽeiçon, from beençon (which yielded benção), from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin benedictiōnem (“blessing; benediction”), from benedictus, from Latin benedīcō. The plural in -ãos was formed by analogy with other paroxytones in -ão. Doublet of bendição, a later semi-learned borrowing.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin *duenēd Ecclesiastical Latin bene Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti Proto-Italic *deikō Ecclesiastical Latin dīcō Ecclesiastical Latin benedicō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Ecclesiastical Latin -tiō Ecclesiastical…