Where does “bon” come from?

bon (French) comes from Middle French bon, from Old French bon, 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...

bon (French): good; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot

Definitions

  1. good; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot

Ancestry of “bon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchbongood
2Old Frenchbongood
3Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
4Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
5Proto-Italicdwenosgood
6Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

Words derived from “bon”

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