Etymology

boner

B3O1N1E1R1

Today it means: An erect penis. Full definition →

First used mid-20th c.English bone ← Middle English bon ← Old English bān
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeyh₂-
  2. Proto-Germanic*bainaz
  3. Proto-Germanic*bainą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*bain
  5. Old Englishbān
  6. Middle Englishbon
  7. Englishbone
  8. English todayboner

From bone + -er.

First known use, by meaning

  • from mid-20th c. An erect penis.
  • from mid-20th c. An often perverse sense of enjoyment from or predilection towards something.
  • from early 20th c. A blunder; a silly mistake.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.