Where does “bon” come from?

bon (Catalan) comes from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European dew- — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

bon (Catalan): good; alternative form of bo

Definitions

  1. good; alternative form of bo

Ancestry of “bon”, step by step

bon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin bonus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
2Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
3Proto-Italicdwenosgood
4Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

via Tibetan བོན

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanབོནto express, to mutter; to ask; to give, to offer
2Tibetanའབོདto call; to shout

Words derived from “bon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dew- →Every word from Proto-Italic dwenos →Every word from Old Latin duenos →