Where does “bone” come from?
bone (Danish) comes from Danish bøn, from French bon, from Middle French bon, from Old French bon, 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...
bone (Danish): to polish; to enter; to charge
Definitions
- to polish; to enter; to charge
Ancestry of “bone”, step by step
bone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish bøn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | bøn | request, plea; prayer |
| 2 | French | bon | good; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot |
| 3 | Middle French | bon | good |
| 4 | Old French | bon | good |
| 5 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 6 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |