Where does “bon” come from?
bon (Dutch) comes 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...
bon (Dutch): receipt; ticket, fine; voucher
Definitions
- receipt; ticket, fine; voucher
Ancestry of “bon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | bon | good; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot |
| 2 | Middle French | bon | good |
| 3 | Old French | bon | good |
| 4 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 5 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |