Where does “bountihead” come from?
bountihead (English) comes from English bounty, from Middle English bounte, from Anglo-Norman bounté, from Latin bonitatem, from Latin bonitas, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
bountihead (English): Bounteousness
Definitions
- Bounteousness
Ancestry of “bountihead”, step by step
bountihead traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bounty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bounty | Generosity; also an act of generosity; Something... |
| 2 | Middle English | bounte | goodness |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | bounté | Alternative form of bunté |
| 4 | Latin | bonitatem | accusative singular of bonitās |
| 5 | Latin | bonitas | The good quality of something; goodness,... |
| 6 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 7 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |
via English head
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | head | The part of the body of an animal or human which... |
| 2 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 3 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 4 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |