Where does “Bône” come from?
Bône (English) comes from Middle English bon, from Old English bān, from Arabic بان, from Ottoman Turkish بان, from Ottoman Turkish باڭ, from Persian بنگ, from Middle Persian 𐭡𐭭𐭢 — henbane.
Bône (English): now known as Annaba
Definitions
- now known as Annaba
Ancestry of “Bône”, step by step
Bône traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English bon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | bon | bone |
| 2 | Old English | bān | bone, tusk; the bone of a limb |
| 3 | Arabic | بان | to separate, to become distinct, to sunder; to be... |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | بان | ban; keeper, tender, ward; ben tree, horseradish... |
| 5 | Ottoman Turkish | باڭ | — |
| 6 | Persian | بنگ | hashish, narcotic made from "Cannabis sativa";... |
| 7 | Middle Persian | 𐭡𐭭𐭢 | henbane |
via English trombone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trombone | A musical instrument in the brass family, having... |
| 2 | Italian | trombone | trombone; trombonist; An annoying and boring... |
| 3 | Italian | -one | Alterative suffix used to form augmentatives;... |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |