Beatitude
/biˈætɪˌtjuːd/noun
A state of great bliss or blessedness, especially in a spiritual sense.
Did you know?Beatitude comes through Latin from a word family tied to being “blessed,” and it became especially charged in Christian usage through the “Beatitudes” of the Sermon on the Mount.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dʰeh₁-
“to set, place, put”
Latin
Latin
beatus
“blessed, fortunate, happy”
Late Latin
Latin
beatitudo
“blessedness, happiness”
Old French
Old French
beatitude
“blessedness, bliss”
Middle English
English
beatitude
“supreme blessedness or bliss”