Where does “bordon” come from?

bordon (Old French) comes from Latin burdo, from Gaulish burdus — mule.

bordon (Old French): bumblebee; a sort of musical instrument

Definitions

  1. bumblebee; a sort of musical instrument

Ancestry of “bordon”, step by step

bordon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin burdo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinburdomule; hinny
2Gaulishburdusmule

via Medieval Latin burdo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinburdomule; hinny
2Proto-West Germanic*buʀdōbeetle

Words derived from “bordon”

Every word from Gaulish burdus →Every word from Latin burdo →