Where does “бонза” come from?

бонза (Russian) comes from Japanese 凡僧, from Middle Chinese 凡 — ordinary.

бонза (Russian): bonze; a haughty high-ranking official; a...

Definitions

  1. bonze; a haughty high-ranking official; a...

Ancestry of “бонза”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese凡僧An ordinary, lowly, itinerant monk
2Middle Chinese凡ordinary
Every word from Middle Chinese 凡 →Every word from Japanese 凡僧 →