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

  1. Merry; happy; Beautiful; pretty; attractive;...

Ancestry of “bonnie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbonibunion, swelling; swelling, tumor
2Old Frenchbongood
3Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
4Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
5Proto-Italicdwenosgood
6Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dew- →Every word from Proto-Italic dwenos →Every word from Old Latin duenos →