English
omnibenevolent
Omnibenevolent comes from Latin omnis ‘every’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- ‘to work, toil, make’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ep-‘to work, toil, make’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*opnis‘every, all’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEomnis‘every’
- English1500–presentbenevolent‘good-willed’
- Englishearliest quotation 1984omnibenevolent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ep-‘to work, toil, make’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*opnis‘every, all’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEomnis‘every’
- English1500–presentbenevolent‘good-willed’
- Englishearliest quotation 1984omnibenevolent
Earliest quotation: 1984, John Eric Nolt, Informal Logic: Possible Worlds and Imagination: “Any omnibenevolent being would will the complete and immediate…”
A compound of omni- ‘all’ + benevolent ‘good-willed’
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- ‘to work, toil, make’
Proto-Italic *opnis ‘every, all’
Latin omnis ‘all’
English omni-
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- ‘to work, toil, make’
office, official, operation, copy, operate, operator, opera, opus, copious, oeuvre, officiate, opulence, officious, officiant, 23 more
through Latin omnis ‘every’
Today it means
adj All-loving, or infinitely good, usually in reference to a deity or supernatural being, for example, God.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- / omnibenevolent