Where does “high-cheekboner” come from?

high-cheekboner (English) comes from English cheekbone, from English Bône, from Middle English bon, from Old English bān, from Arabic بان, from Ottoman Turkish بان, from Ottoman Turkish باڭ, from Persian بنگ — henbane.

Ancestry of “high-cheekboner”, step by step

high-cheekboner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cheekbone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcheekboneThe small prominent bone of the cheek
2EnglishBônenow known as Annaba
3Middle Englishbonbone
4Old Englishbānbone, tusk; the bone of a limb
5Arabicبانto separate, to become distinct, to sunder; to be...
6Ottoman Turkishبانban; keeper, tender, ward; ben tree, horseradish...
7Ottoman Turkishباڭ
8Persianبنگhashish, narcotic made from "Cannabis sativa";...
9Middle Persian𐭡𐭭𐭢henbane

via English high

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhighElevated, extending above a base or average...
2Middle Englishheighhigh; Alternative form of hey; Alternative form...
3Old Englishhēahhigh, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime,...
4Old Englishhāmhome; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,...
5Proto-West Germanichaimhome
6Proto-Germanichaimazhome; house; village
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱóymosof the home, belonging to the family; village,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱey-to be lying down; to settle
Every word from Middle Persian 𐭡𐭭𐭢