Where does “bonze” come from?

bonze (English) comes from French bonze, from Portuguese bonzo, from Japanese 凡僧, from Middle Chinese 凡 — ordinary.

bonze (English): A Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia

Definitions

  1. A Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia

Ancestry of “bonze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbonzebonze, Buddhist priest
2Portuguesebonzobonze
3Japanese凡僧An ordinary, lowly, itinerant monk
4Middle Chinese凡ordinary

Words derived from “bonze”

Every word from Middle Chinese 凡 →Every word from Japanese 凡僧 →Every word from Portuguese bonzo →