Where does “bonnie” come from?
Bonnie comes from Middle English boni, from Old French bon, from Latin bonus, from Latin duonus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰenǵʰ-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰen-.
bonnie (English): Merry; happy; Beautiful; pretty; attractive;...
Definitions
- Merry; happy; Beautiful; pretty; attractive;...
Ancestry of “bonnie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | boni | bunion, swelling; swelling, tumor |
| 2 | Old French | bon | good |
| 3 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 4 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |
Words derived from “bonnie”