Etymology

bonnet

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Today it means: A type of hat, once widely worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin; now uncommonly worn except in certain religious sects. Full definition →

Middle English bonet ← Middle French bonet ← Old French bonet
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bonnet · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰendʰ-“to tie”
  2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*bundiją“bundle”
  3. Frankish · derived from*bunni“that which is bound”
  4. Old French · derived frombonet“material from which hats are made”
  5. Middle French · derived frombonet
  6. Middle English · inherited frombonet
  7. English todaybonnet

From Middle English bonet, from Middle French bonet (Modern French bonnet), from Old French bonet (“material from which hats are made”), from Frankish *bunni (“that which is bound”), from Proto-Germanic *bundiją (“bundle”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”). Compare also Late Latin abbonis, obbonis (“ribbon of a headdress”), also of Germanic origin, from Frankish *obbunni, from *ob- (“above, over”) + *bunni. Cognate with Old High German gibunt (“band, ribbon”), Middle Dutch bont (“bundle, truss”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 (gabundi, “bond”). More at over, bundle.

Bonnet · proper noun2

Variant of Bonnett, ultimately from French.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*bʰendʰ- all →

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