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Where does “Bondye” come from?

Bondye (English) comes from Haitian Creole Bondye, from French bon Dieu, from French bon, from Middle French bon, from Old French bon, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

Ancestry of “Bondye”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Haitian CreoleBondyeGod
2Frenchbon DieuAPI !; good God, for God's sake, bloody hell,...
3Frenchbongood; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot
4Middle Frenchbongood
5Old Frenchbongood
6Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
7Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
8Proto-Italicdwenosgood
9Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
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