Where does “bonario” come from?
bonario (Italian) comes from Old French debonaire, from Old French dé, from Latin dadu, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō, from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃ti — to give.
bonario (Italian): good-natured, kindly, affable
Definitions
- good-natured, kindly, affable
Ancestry of “bonario”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | debonaire | noble; of a good bloodline; good; positive;... |
| 2 | Old French | dé | die |
| 3 | Latin | dadu | — |
| 4 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 5 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 6 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |