English
Honeyboy
From honey + boy.
Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂ónks
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Proto-Germanic *hunagą
Proto-West Germanic *hunag
Old English huniġ
Middle English hony
English honey
Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-
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Proto-Germanic *bōjô ‘younger brother’
Proto-West Germanic *bōjō
Old English *bōia ‘boy’
Middle English boye ‘servant, commoner, knave, boy’
English boy
Today it means
name A male nickname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Honeyboy