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bennet

Today it means: Wood avens or herb bennet, a common yellow-flowered plant of Europe (Geum urbanum). Full definition →

Middle English *benet ← Old French benëit ← Latin (herba) benedicta

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bennet · noun¹

Latin · derived from(herba) benedicta
Old French · derived frombenëit
Middle English · inherited from*benet
English todaybennet

From Middle English *benet (found in Middle English herbe-benet (“hemlock”, literally “blessed plant”)), from Old French benëit, benoit and Latin (herba) benedicta. Doublet of benedict.

Bennet · proper noun²

From Benedict. See French Benoît, Norman Beneît. Doublet of Benoit and Benito.

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