Etymology

debone

D2E1B3O1N1E1

Today it means: To remove the bones from. Full definition →

English bone ← Middle English bon ← Old English bān
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeyh₂-
  8. Proto-Germanic*bainaz
  9. Proto-Germanic*bainą
  10. Proto-West Germanic*bain
  11. Old Englishbān
  12. Middle Englishbon
  13. Englishbone
  14. English todaydebone

From de- + bone.

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