Etymology

bona

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Today it means: Good. Full definition →

Sabir bona ← Italian buono ← Latin bonus
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic · derived from*dwenos“good”
  2. Old Latin · derived fromduenos“good”
  3. Latin · derived frombonus“good”
  4. Italian · derived frombuono“good”
  5. Sabir · borrowed frombona“good”
  6. English todaybona

Borrowed from Sabir bona (“good”), from Italian buono (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duenos (“good”), from Proto-Italic *dwenos (“good”). Doublet of bonus.

Words from the same roots

Latinbonus all →

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