Where does “bonc” come from?
bonc (Hungarian) comes from German Bonze, from French bonze, from Portuguese bonzo, from Japanese 凡僧, from Middle Chinese 凡 — ordinary.
bonc (Hungarian): dissection, autopsy; bonze
Definitions
- dissection, autopsy; bonze
Ancestry of “bonc”, step by step
bonc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Bonze
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Bonze | bonze; self-interested dignitary; capitalist, fat... |
| 2 | French | bonze | bonze, Buddhist priest |
| 3 | Portuguese | bonzo | bonze |
| 4 | Japanese | 凡僧 | An ordinary, lowly, itinerant monk |
| 5 | Middle Chinese | 凡 | ordinary |
via Hungarian boncol
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | boncol | to autopsy |
| 2 | Hungarian | bont | to demolish; to sever |
| 3 | Hungarian | -t | Used to form the accusative case; -ed, -t. Used... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -tt | — |
Words derived from “bonc”