LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
interjection

bene venītus!1

*bene venītus

Meaning

  1. Proto Italo Western Romancereconstructionwelcome!

Origins

From bene (“well”) + *venītus, innovative past participle of veniō (“to come”). Calque of Frankish *willikumō (with the first element wrongly identified as *wela (“well”) rather than *willjō (“will, desire”)), from Proto-Germanic *wiljakumô.

Elsewhere
  • Spanishbienvenidofrom Old Spanish bienvenido
  • Sardinianbene bennios
  • Sardinianbenénnidu
  • Aromanianghini vinishi
  • Asturianbienveníu
  • Romanshbainvegni
  • Tarantinobovègne
Old Portuguese
  • Portuguesebem-vindo
  • PortugueseBenvindo
  • Galicianbenvido
  • Galicianbenvindo
  • Papiamentubon binifrom Portuguese bem-vindo
adjectiveindeclinable portion with a first/second-declension adjective
bene venītus2
*bene venītus (feminine *bene venīta, neuter *bene venītum)

Meaning

  1. Proto Italo Western Romancereconstructionwelcome

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativebę́nę vęnítọsbę́nę vęnítabę́nę vęnítọ
genitivebę́nę vęnítibę́nę vęnítębę́nę vęníti
dativebę́nę vęnítọbę́nę vęnítębę́nę vęnítọ
accusativebę́nę vęnítọbę́nę vęnítãbę́nę vęnítọ
ablativebę́nę vęnítọbę́nę vęnítãbę́nę vęnítọ
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativebę́nę vęnítibę́nę vęnítębę́nę vęníta
genitivebę́nę vęnitọ́rọbę́nę vęnitárọbę́nę vęnitọ́rọ
dativebę́nę vęnítisbę́nę vęnítisbę́nę vęnítis
accusativebę́nę vęnítọsbę́nę vęnítasbę́nę vęníta
ablativebę́nę vęnítọsbę́nę vęnítasbę́nę vęníta

Origins

From bene (“well”) + *venītus, innovative past participle of veniō (“to come”). Calque of Frankish *willikumō (with the first element wrongly identified as *wela (“well”) rather than *willjō (“will, desire”)), from Proto-Germanic *wiljakumô.

Quick answers

What does bene venītus! mean in Latin?
bene venītus!, a interjection, means “welcome!”.