Etymology

beatitude

be·a·ti·tude
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Today it means: Supreme, utmost bliss and happiness. Full definition →

Middle English beatitude ← Middle French béatitude ← Latin beātitūdō
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frombeātitūdō“happiness, blessedness”
  2. Middle French · derived frombéatitude
  3. Middle English · inherited frombeatitude
  4. English todaybeatitude

From Middle English beatitude, beatytude, from Middle French béatitude, from Latin beātitūdō (“happiness, blessedness”), from beātus (“happy, blessed”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.