Where does “bologna” come from?
Bologna comes from Italian Bologna, from Latin Bononia, originally the name of a city in northern Italy.
bologna (English): A seasoned Italian sausage made from beef, pork...
Definitions
- A seasoned Italian sausage made from beef, pork...
Ancestry of “bologna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | Bologna | — |
| 2 | Latin | Bonōnia | — |
| 3 | English | unnamed | Not having a name |
| 4 | English | Un- | — |
| 5 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 6 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
Words derived from “bologna”