bem-vindo

Meaning

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌbẽj̃ˈvĩ.du/
Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bene venītus, 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, bem (“well”) + vindo (“come”).

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