Etymology

beneficiate

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Today it means: To reduce (ores or other raw materials) Full definition →

Spanish beneficiar ← Latin beneficium
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  1. Latinbeneficus
  2. Latinbeneficium
  3. Spanishbeneficio
  4. Spanishbeneficiar
  5. English todaybeneficiate

Borrowed from Spanish beneficiar (“to benefit, to work mines”).

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