Where does “ბონბონიერი” come from?
ბონბონიერი (Georgian) comes from Russian бонбоньерка, from French bonbonnière, from French bonbon, from French bon, from Middle French bon, from Old French bon, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
ბონბონიერი (Georgian): candygram, candy box
Ancestry of “ბონბონიერი”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | бонбоньерка | bonbonnière, candy box |
| 2 | French | bonbonnière | candy box; small, exquisite house |
| 3 | French | bonbon | sweet, candy; expensive |
| 4 | French | bon | good; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot |
| 5 | Middle French | bon | good |
| 6 | Old French | bon | good |
| 7 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 8 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |