Where does “abonnement” come from?

abonnement (French) comes from French abonner, from Old French aboner, from Old French bodne, from Medieval Latin bodina, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

abonnement (French): subscription

Definitions

  1. subscription

Ancestry of “abonnement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchabonnerTo subscribe somebody to a service; to take a...
2Old Frenchaboner—
3Old Frenchbodne—
4Medieval Latinbodina—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “abonnement”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn →