Where does “bont” come from?

bont (Romanian) comes from Hungarian bonc, from German Bonze, from French bonze, from Portuguese bonzo, from Japanese 凡僧, from Middle Chinese 凡 — ordinary.

bont (Romanian): dull, blunt

Definitions

  1. dull, blunt

Ancestry of “bont”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianboncdissection, autopsy; bonze
2GermanBonzebonze; self-interested dignitary; capitalist, fat...
3Frenchbonzebonze, Buddhist priest
4Portuguesebonzobonze
5Japanese凡僧An ordinary, lowly, itinerant monk
6Middle Chinese凡ordinary

Words derived from “bont”

Every word from Middle Chinese 凡 →Every word from Japanese 凡僧 →Every word from Portuguese bonzo →