Where does “bonze” come from?

bonze (French) comes from Portuguese bonzo, from Japanese 凡僧, from Middle Chinese 凡 — ordinary.

bonze (French): bonze, Buddhist priest

Definitions

  1. bonze, Buddhist priest

Ancestry of “bonze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesebonzobonze
2Japanese凡僧An ordinary, lowly, itinerant monk
3Middle Chinese凡ordinary

Words derived from “bonze”

Every word from Middle Chinese 凡 →Every word from Japanese 凡僧 →Every word from Portuguese bonzo →