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

  1. irritating, annoying as hell

Ancestry of “casse-bonbons”, step by step

casse-bonbons traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French bonbon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbonbonsweet, candy; expensive
2Frenchbongood; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot
3Middle Frenchbongood
4Old Frenchbongood
5Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
6Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
7Proto-Italicdwenosgood
8Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

via French casser

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcasserto break; to break up
2Old Frenchquasserto break; to annul; to quash
3Latinquassōto shake repeatedly, to quake
4Latin-tōForms here
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dew-