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