Where does “abonnement” come from?

abonnement (Danish) comes from French abonnement, from French abonner, from Old French aboner, from Old French bodne, from Medieval Latin bodina, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

abonnement (Danish): subscription

Definitions

  1. subscription

Ancestry of “abonnement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchabonnementsubscription
2FrenchabonnerTo subscribe somebody to a service; to take a...
3Old Frenchaboner—
4Old Frenchbodne—
5Medieval Latinbodina—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn →