Where does “bon” come from?

bon (Middle French) comes 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...

bon (Middle French): good

Definitions

  1. good

Ancestry of “bon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbongood
2Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
3Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
4Proto-Italicdwenosgood
5Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

Words derived from “bon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dew- →Every word from Proto-Italic dwenos →Every word from Old Latin duenos →