Proto-Germanic

*bōniz

‘prayer, request, supplication’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *bōniz.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *bōniz, most familiar first.

• ben ← *bōni
• bee ← bean ← been ← bēn ← *bōni
• boon ← bón
• bene ← bēn ← *bōni

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *bōniz