Beatus
/ˈbeɪ.ə.təs/noun
A Latin adjective meaning blessed, happy, or fortunate.
Did you know?Beatus is the source of English words like beatify and beatitude, and in Christian Latin it became a loaded word for those declared spiritually blessed.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dʰeh₁-
“to set, put, place”
Proto-Italic
PI
*fātos / *fētos
“spoken, appointed by fate”
Latin
Latin
beātus
“blessed, fortunate, happy”
Late Latin
Latin
beatificāre
“to make blessed”
Old French
Old French
beatifier
“to bless, to make holy”
Middle English
English
beatify
“to declare blessed”
Modern English
English
beatitude
“a state of bliss or blessedness”
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