bene-

well, good

Latin · bene; benus

Latin bene means "well". Words with bene- or ben- are about doing good, wishing good or receiving good: a benefit helps you, a benefactor does good for others.

Memory trick

Bene sounds like "BEN-efit": a Ben who always does well by you.

Words from this root

benefit (bene + fit) — a good result or helpलाभ
benefactor (bene + fact + or) — one who does good for othersउपकारी
benefaction (bene + fact + ion) — a good deed, a giftदान, उपकार
benevolent (bene + vol + ent) — wishing others well, kindपरोपकारी
benevolence (bene + vol + ence) — kindness, goodwillपरोपकार
benediction (bene + dict + ion) — a blessing, good wordsआशीर्वाद
beneficial (bene + fic + ial) — producing good, helpfulफ़ायदेमंद
beneficiary (bene + fic + iary) — one who receives a benefitलाभार्थी
beneficence (bene + fic + ence) — active kindness, doing goodपरोपकार
benign (ben + ign) — kind, harmlessसौम्य, हानिरहित