Where does “byen” come from?
byen (Mauritian Creole) comes from French bien, from Middle French bien, from Old French bien, from Latin bene, 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...
byen (Mauritian Creole): good; well
Ancestry of “byen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | bien | good, all right, great; good looking, nice; well |
| 2 | Middle French | bien | well |
| 3 | Old French | bien | well; indeed; possession; object of value |
| 4 | Latin | bene | well; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably |
| 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... |