Where does “bonté” come from?
bonté (French) comes from Old French bonté, from Latin bonitās, 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...
bonté (French): goodness, kindness
Definitions
- goodness, kindness
Ancestry of “bonté”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | bonté | Alternative form of bunté |
| 2 | Latin | bonitās | The good quality of something; goodness, excellence |
| 3 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 4 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |