Where does “abonnent” come from?

abonnent (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from French abonnement, from French abonner, from Old French aboner, from Old French bodne, from Medieval Latin bodina, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

abonnent (Norwegian Nynorsk): a subscriber

Definitions

  1. a subscriber

Ancestry of “abonnent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchabonnementsubscription
2FrenchabonnerTo subscribe somebody to a service; to take a...
3Old Frenchaboner
4Old Frenchbodne
5Medieval Latinbodina
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn
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