Etymology

bonnag

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Today it means: A flat cake, sometimes made with dried fruit. Full definition →

Manx bonnag ← Latin pānicum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frompānicum“millet”
  2. Manx · borrowed frombonnag
  3. English todaybonnag

From Manx bonnag. Compare Irish bonnóg (“bannock, scone”), based on Latin pānicum (“millet”). Doublet of bannock.

Words from the same roots

Latinpānicum all →

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