Where does “bakbon” come from?
bakbon (Middle English) comes from Middle English bak, from Middle English abak, from Old English onbæc, from Old English on, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.
bakbon (Middle English): The backbone or a part of it
Definitions
- The backbone or a part of it
Ancestry of “bakbon”, step by step
bakbon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English bak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | bak | The back, hind, or rear of a being's body; The... |
| 2 | Middle English | abak | backward, away |
| 3 | Old English | onbæc | backwards, back |
| 4 | Old English | on | on, in, at, among; from |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Middle English bon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | bon | bone |
| 2 | Old English | bān | bone, tusk; the bone of a limb |
| 3 | Arabic | بان | to separate, to become distinct, to sunder; to be... |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | بان | ban; keeper, tender, ward; ben tree, horseradish... |
| 5 | Ottoman Turkish | باڭ | — |
| 6 | Persian | بنگ | hashish, narcotic made from "Cannabis sativa";... |
| 7 | Middle Persian | 𐭡𐭭𐭢 | henbane |