Etymology

bon voyage

Today it means: Used to wish someone a good journey. Full definition →

French bon voyage
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The story

  1. French · borrowed frombon voyage“bon voyage, (have a) good journey”
  2. English todaybon voyage

Borrowed from French bon voyage (“bon voyage, (have a) good journey”), from bon (“good”) + voyage (“journey”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.