Where does “Bonze” come from?

Bonze (German) comes from French bonze, from Portuguese bonzo, from Japanese 凡僧, from Middle Chinese 凡 — ordinary.

Bonze (German): bonze; self-interested dignitary; capitalist, fat...

Definitions

  1. bonze; self-interested dignitary; capitalist, fat...

Ancestry of “Bonze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbonzebonze, Buddhist priest
2Portuguesebonzobonze
3Japanese凡僧An ordinary, lowly, itinerant monk
4Middle Chinese凡ordinary

Words derived from “Bonze”

Every word from Middle Chinese 凡 →Every word from Japanese 凡僧 →Every word from Portuguese bonzo →