Where does “bondage” come from?
Bondage comes from Middle English bondage, derived from Medieval Latin bondagium, which combined Middle English bond from Old English bonda, a term for a householder or farmer that originated in Old Norse bóndi, ultimately traced through Old Occitan banda and Proto-Indo-European roots bʰendʰ- and bʰuH-.
bondage (English): The state of being enslaved or the practice of...
Definitions
- The state of being enslaved or the practice of...
Ancestry of “bondage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | bondage | serfdom |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | bondagium | an inferior tenure held by a bond or husbandman |
| 3 | Middle English | bond | Alternative form of band; a tenant farmer, serf |
| 4 | Old English | bōnda | husband |
| 5 | Old Norse | bóndi | farmer; husband |
| 6 | Old Norse | -andi | used to form present participles of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -andz | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 9 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 10 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 11 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 12 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 13 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 14 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |