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Where does “jawboneist” come from?

jawboneist (English) comes from English jawbone, from Middle English jawe bone, from Middle English bon, from Old English bān, from Arabic بان, from Ottoman Turkish بان, from Ottoman Turkish باڭ, from Persian بنگ — henbane.

jawboneist (English): Someone who plays a jawbone as a musical...

Definitions

  1. Someone who plays a jawbone as a musical...

Ancestry of “jawboneist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishjawboneThe bone of the lower jaw; the mandible; Any of...
2Middle Englishjawe bone—
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
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