English

Inchbonnie

Pseudo-Scottish, from inch + bonnie.

Formed from inch + bonnie

Latin ūncia ‘twelfth; Roman inch’

Proto-West Germanic *unciju ‘ounce; inch’

Old English ynċe ‘inch’

Middle English ynche ‘inch’

English inch

Middle English *bonie

Today it means

name A rural locality on the West Coast, New Zealand.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Inchbonnie