benefactor

• benefactour (obsolete)

From Middle English benefactor, borrowed from Medieval Latin benefactor (“he who bestows a favor”), from Latin benefaciō (“benefit someone”), from bene (“good”) + faciō (“do, make”).

• (US) enPR: bĕn'əfăktər, IPA^(key): /ˈbɛnəˌfæktɚ/

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benefactor (plural benefactors)

1. Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.

• benefactive
• benefactress
• benefactrix
• beneficiary (near antonym)
• beneficent

From benefaciō or benefactus +‎ -tor.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /be.neˈfak.tor/, [bɛ.nɛˈfak.tɔr]

benefactor m (genitive benefactōris); third declension

1. (Late Latin) benefactor; one who confers a favour

Third declension.

• malefactor

• benefactus

• benefactor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• benefactor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Borrowed from Late Latin benefactor, from Latin benefacio. Compare the inherited doublet bienhechor.

• IPA^(key): /benefaɡˈtoɾ/, [benefaɣˈt̪oɾ]
• Hyphenation: be‧ne‧fac‧tor

benefactor m (plural benefactores, feminine benefactora, feminine plural benefactoras)

1. benefactor

• bienfacer