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Where does “bonito” come from?

bonito (English) comes from Spanish bonito, from Spanish bueno, from Old Spanish bueno, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European dew- — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

bonito (English): Any of various marine fish of the genus "Sarda",...

Definitions

  1. Any of various marine fish of the genus "Sarda",...

Ancestry of “bonito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbonitopretty; nice, lovely, cute, sweet, fine,...
2Spanishbuenogood; fine; okay; fine
3Old Spanishbueno—
4Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
5Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
6Proto-Italicdwenosgood
7Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
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