Where does “Bondye” come from?
Bondye (Mauritian 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 (Mauritian Creole): God
Ancestry of “Bondye”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | bon Dieu | API !; good God, for God's sake, bloody hell,... |
| 2 | French | bon | good; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot |
| 3 | Middle French | bon | good |
| 4 | Old French | bon | good |
| 5 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 6 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |