Where does “dons” come from?

dons (French) comes from French don, from Old French don, from Latin dōnum, from Turkish dönmek, from Ottoman Turkish دونمك, from Old Turkic ton-, from English Hyun, from Korean 현.

dons (French): plural of don

Definitions

  1. plural of don

Ancestry of “dons”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdongift, talent, knack; gift; donation
2Old Frenchdongift
3Latindōnumgift, present
4Turkishdönmekto turn; to return; to rotate
5Ottoman Turkishدونمكto turn around; to turn
6Old Turkicton-
7EnglishHyun
8Korean現: current; present; 絃: string
9Chinese
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