beneficiate.
To reduce (ores or other raw materials)
Meaning & usage
To reduce (ores or other raw materials)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin beneficus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin beneficiumbor. Spanish beneficio Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -āre Old Spanish -ar Spanish -ar Spanish beneficiarbor. English beneficiate Borrowed from Spanish beneficiar (“to benefit, to work mines”).
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