Where does “bonz” come from?

bonz (Romanian) comes from French bonze, from Portuguese bonzo, from Japanese 凡僧, from Middle Chinese 凡 — ordinary.

bonz (Romanian): bonze, a Buddhist priest

Definitions

  1. bonze, a Buddhist priest

Ancestry of “bonz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbonzebonze, Buddhist priest
2Portuguesebonzobonze
3Japanese凡僧An ordinary, lowly, itinerant monk
4Middle Chinese凡ordinary
Every word from Middle Chinese 凡 →Every word from Japanese 凡僧 →Every word from Portuguese bonzo →