bound

bound · verb, adjective¹

1. Old English · inherited frombund-
2. Middle English · inherited frombound
3. English todaybound

From Middle English bound, bund (preterite) and bounden, bunden, ibunden, ȝebunden (past participle), from Old English bund- and bunden, ġebunden respectively. See bind.

bound · adjective²

1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
2. Proto-Germanic*būaną
3. Old Norsebúinn
4. Middle Englishbownde
5. English todaybound

From Middle English bownde, alternation (with -d partly for euphonic effect and partly by association with Etymology 1 above) of Middle English boun, from Old Norse búinn, past participle of búa (“to prepare”).

bound · noun³

1. Medieval Latin · derived frombodina
2. Old French · derived frombunne
3. Middle English · inherited frombounde
4. English todaybound

From Middle English bounde, from Old French bunne, from Medieval Latin bodina, earlier butina (“a bound, limit”).

bound · verb⁴

1. Middle English · inherited frombounden
2. English todaybound

From Middle English bounden, from the noun (see above).

bound · noun, verb⁵

1. Latin · derived frombombus“a humming or buzzing”
2. Late Latin · derived frombombitāre“hum, buzz”
3. French · derived frombondir“leap", "bound", originally "make a loud resounding noise”
4. Middle English · inherited from*bounden
5. English todaybound

From Middle English *bounden (attested as bounten), from French bondir (“leap", "bound", originally "make a loud resounding noise”); perhaps from Late Latin bombitāre (“hum, buzz”), frequentative verb, from Latin bombus (“a humming or buzzing”).

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