köken: Borrowed from Latin benedīcite, a plural imperative of benedīcō (“to bless, to praise”) found as the first word of several grace prayers. Doublet of bénissez, second-person plural imperative of bénir.
köken: Borrowed from Latin benedīcite, a plural imperative of benedīcō (“to bless, to praise”) found as the first word of several grace prayers. Doublet of benedite, second-person plural imperative of benedire.
köken: From Arabic دُعَاء (duʕāʔ, “prayer”). Cognate with Kazakh дұға (dūğa), Kyrgyz дуба (duba), Uzbek duo, Turkmen doga, Turkish dua (“prayer”), etc.
köken: Etymology tree Old Polish dziękczynienie Polish dziękczynienie Inherited from Old Polish dziękczynienie. By surface analysis, dziękczynić + -enie.