Etymology

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Today it means: Excellent; wonderful. Full definition →

French bon
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The story

  1. French · derived frombon“good”
  2. English todaybontodger

Pseudo-Gallicism, derived from French bon (“good”) + toujours (“always”); literally, “always good”.

Words from the same roots

Frenchbon all →

bonzerBon Homme County

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.