Where does “bomboanță” come from?
bomboanță (Romanian) comes from Romanian bomboană, from French bonbon, from French bon, from Middle French bon, from Old French bon, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
bomboanță (Romanian): candy
Definitions
- candy
Ancestry of “bomboanță”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | bomboană | candy including chocolate, bonbon |
| 2 | French | bonbon | sweet, candy; expensive |
| 3 | French | bon | good; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot |
| 4 | Middle French | bon | good |
| 5 | Old French | bon | good |
| 6 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 7 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |