Where does “casse-bonbons” come from?
casse-bonbons (French) comes from French bonbon, 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...
casse-bonbons (French): irritating, annoying as hell
Definitions
- irritating, annoying as hell
Ancestry of “casse-bonbons”, step by step
casse-bonbons traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French bonbon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bonbon | sweet, candy; expensive |
| 2 | French | bon | good; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot |
| 3 | Middle French | bon | good |
| 4 | Old French | bon | good |
| 5 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 6 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |
via French casser
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | casser | to break; to break up |
| 2 | Old French | quasser | to break; to annul; to quash |
| 3 | Latin | quassō | to shake repeatedly, to quake |
| 4 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |