Where does “nabonzovat” come from?

nabonzovat (Czech) comes from Czech bonzovat, from German Bonze, from French bonze, from Portuguese bonzo, from Japanese 凡僧, from Middle Chinese 凡 — ordinary.

nabonzovat (Czech): to rat out

Definitions

  1. to rat out

Ancestry of “nabonzovat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechbonzovatto rat, to snitch, to inform
2GermanBonzebonze; self-interested dignitary; capitalist, fat...
3Frenchbonzebonze, Buddhist priest
4Portuguesebonzobonze
5Japanese凡僧An ordinary, lowly, itinerant monk
6Middle Chinese凡ordinary
Every word from Middle Chinese 凡 →Every word from Japanese 凡僧 →Every word from Portuguese bonzo →