Bieito

See also: bieito

Galician

Etymology

From the older Beeito, from Late Latin Benedictus, from benedictus (blessed). Cognate with Portuguese Bento, Spanish Benito, French Benoît, Italian Benedetto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biˈejto̝/

Proper noun

Bieito m (feminine Bieita, feminine plural Bieitas)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Benedict

Derived terms

References

  • Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “Bieito”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega