Where does “bokun” come from?

bokun (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian boccone, from Italian -one, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

bokun (Serbo-Croatian): piece, part

Definitions

  1. piece, part

Ancestry of “bokun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbocconemouthful; morsel, nibble
2Italian-oneAlterative suffix used to form augmentatives;...
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Italian -one →