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Where does “bontie” come from?

bontie (Old French) comes from Latin bodina, from Proto-Celtic bonnicca — boundary.

Ancestry of “bontie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbodina—
2Proto-Celticbonniccaboundary

Words derived from “bontie”

  • bourn
  • bournless
  • borné
  • borner
  • borne électrique
  • radioborne
  • borne
  • bornage
  • borniert
Every word from Proto-Celtic bonnicca →