bonfaco

Ido

Alternative forms

• bon-faco, bonafaco, bona-faco

Etymology

From bonfacar (“to do good; to do good to”) +‎ -o (nominal desinence) and bona (“good”) +‎ faco (“making, doing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bonˈfat͡so/

Noun

bonfaco (plural bonfaci)

1. benefaction, good offices, benefit, favor
   • 1911, Robert Auerbach, Hans Moiser, Fr Schneeberger, Mondolinguo: Weltsprache - Volume 4-5, page 161:

     ed pluse oficiala publika festo en Basel, un ek ta „floro-dii", la subite moderna speco di „festi por bonfaco"

     and a further official public festivity in Basel, one of those "flower days," the unexpected modern kind of "festivities for benefaction"

   • 1913, George Sarton, Isis - Volume 1, University of Chicago Press, page 523:

     Unesme ica bonfaco extensesis nur ad la verki da MAYER. e JOULE, pro ke la questiono esis pri la yuro

     Firstly this benefaction was only extended to the works of MAYER. and JOULE, because the question was about the rights

   • 1918, Mondo - Volume 7-10, page 103:

     e samideano Populus vice diskursar pri Reda Kruco, ipse, grave vundita povis balde juar la bonfaco di la Reda Kruco en hospitalo

     and co-opinionist Populus instead of discoursing about the Red Cross, self, gravely wounded could soon rejoice the benefit of the Red Cross in a hospital