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Where does “Bondye” come from?

Bondye (Haitian Creole) comes from French bon Dieu, 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...

Bondye (Haitian Creole): God

Definitions

  1. God

Ancestry of “Bondye”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbon DieuAPI !; good God, for God's sake, bloody hell,...
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...

Words derived from “Bondye”

  • Bondye
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