Where does “bonbono” come from?

bonbono (Ido) comes from English bonbon, from French bonbon, from French bon, from Middle French bon, from Old French bon, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

bonbono (Ido): candy, sweet, sweets, bonbon

Definitions

  1. candy, sweet, sweets, bonbon

Ancestry of “bonbono”, step by step

bonbono traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English bonbon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbonbonA sweet, especially a small chocolate-covered...
2Frenchbonbonsweet, candy; expensive
3Frenchbongood; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot
4Middle Frenchbongood
5Old Frenchbongood
6Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
7Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
8Proto-Italicdwenosgood
9Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

via German Bonbon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBonbonhard candy; sweet, candy in general
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dew-