Where does “bonny” come from?
Bonny comes from Middle English boni, from Old French bon, from Latin bonus, from Latin duonus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰenǵʰ-, ultimately from the root bʰen-.
bonny (English): Alternative spelling of bonnie; A round and...
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of bonnie; A round and...
Ancestry of “bonny”, step by step
bonny traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bonfire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bonfire | A fire in which bones are burned; A fire to burn... |
| 2 | Middle English | bonnefyre | A fire in which bones were burned, bonfire |
| 3 | Middle English | bon | bone |
| 4 | Old English | bān | bone, tusk; the bone of a limb |
| 5 | Arabic | بان | to separate, to become distinct, to sunder; to be... |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | بان | ban; keeper, tender, ward; ben tree, horseradish... |
| 7 | Ottoman Turkish | باڭ | — |
| 8 | Persian | بنگ | hashish, narcotic made from "Cannabis sativa";... |
| 9 | Middle Persian | 𐭡𐭭𐭢 | henbane |
via Middle English boni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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... |