Where does “borne” come from?

borne (French) comes from Medieval Latin bodina, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

borne (French): narrow; narrow-minded; bounded

Definitions

  1. narrow; narrow-minded; bounded

Ancestry of “borne”, step by step

borne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Medieval Latin bodina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinbodina—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Old French bontie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbontie—
2Latinbodina—
3Proto-Celticbonniccaboundary

Words derived from “borne”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →