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Where does “bonkora” come from?

bonkora (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto bona, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European dew- — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

bonkora (Esperanto): goodhearted

Definitions

  1. goodhearted

Ancestry of “bonkora”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantobonagood
2Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
3Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
4Proto-Italicdwenosgood
5Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

Words derived from “bonkora”

  • bonkoreco
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