Where does “bon voyage” come from?
bon voyage (French) comes from French bon, 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 voyage (French): bon voyage, have a good journey, have a good trip
Definitions
- bon voyage, have a good journey, have a good trip
Ancestry of “bon voyage”, step by step
bon voyage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French bon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bon | good; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot |
| 2 | Middle French | bon | good |
| 3 | Old French | bon | good |
| 4 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 5 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |
via French voyage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | voyage | trip, travel; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Old French | voiage | journey; voyage |
| 3 | Latin | viāticum | travelling-money; provision for a journey |
| 4 | Latin | viā | road, street, path |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *wiā | road |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wih₁eh₂- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |