Where does “Bond” come from?

Bond (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German bunt, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Bond (Luxembourgish): alliance

Definitions

  1. alliance

Ancestry of “Bond”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbunt
2Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin punctus
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