Where does “бон” come from?
бон (Ossetian) comes from English bonehead, from English Bône, from Middle English bon, from Old English bān, from Arabic بان, from Ottoman Turkish بان, from Ottoman Turkish باڭ, from Persian بنگ — henbane.
бон (Ossetian): day
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Ancestry of “бон”, step by step
бон traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English bonehead
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bonehead | Someone who is stubborn, thick-skulled, or stupid |
| 2 | English | Bône | now known as Annaba |
| 3 | Middle English | bon | bone |
| 4 | Old English | bān | bone, tusk; the bone of a limb |
| 5 | Arabic | بان | to separate, to become distinct, to sunder; to be... |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | بان | ban; keeper, tender, ward; ben tree, horseradish... |
| 7 | Ottoman Turkish | باڭ | — |
| 8 | Persian | بنگ | hashish, narcotic made from "Cannabis sativa";... |
| 9 | Middle Persian | 𐭡𐭭𐭢 | henbane |
via French bon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bon | good; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot |
| 2 | Middle French | bon | good |
| 3 | Old French | bon | good |
| 4 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 5 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |
via Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |