Where does “Boulogne” come from?

Boulogne comes from French Boulogne, derived from Latin Bononia, a Roman settlement name of uncertain ultimate origin.

Boulogne (English): Boulogne-Billancourt

Definitions

  1. Boulogne-Billancourt

Ancestry of “Boulogne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchBoulogne—
2LatinBonōniaBologna, Italy
3EnglishunnamedNot having a name
4EnglishUn-not
5Middle Englishun-—
6Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
7Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
8Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
9Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
10Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from English Un- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →