English
bonbonniere
Bonbonniere comes from French bonbonnière ‘candy box’, from bon ‘good’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *dwenos.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dwenos‘good’reconstructed
- Archaic Latinc. 700–75 BCEduenos
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEduonus
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbonus‘good’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400bon‘good (not evil)’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form‘good’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘good’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentbonbon‘sweet, candy’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentbonbonnière‘candy box’
- Englishearliest quotation 1828bonbonniere
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dwenos‘good’reconstructed
- Archaic Latinc. 700–75 BCEduenos
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEduonus
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbonus‘good’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400bon‘good (not evil)’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form‘good’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘good’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentbonbon‘sweet, candy’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentbonbonnière‘candy box’
- Englishearliest quotation 1828bonbonniere
Earliest quotation: 1828, Thomas Buchanan, An Essay on a New Mode of Treatment for Diseased Joints: “To such an extent was the use of this…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to fit’
down, town, tool, teen, dynamic, dynasty, tow, dun, dynamo, dynastic, tine, taw, beaucoup, beauteous, 91 more
through Proto-Italic *dwenos ‘good’
beautiful, beauty, boo, rebellion, beau, rebellious, bello, rebelling, benefice, bauble, 36 more
through Archaic Latin duenos
ben, beneficial, rebel, beneficiary, revel, bene, bellicose, 37 more
through Latin bonus ‘good’
bonus, optimal, optimism, bona, 14 more
through Old French bon ‘good (not evil)’
Today it means
noun A small decorative container (box, dish or pouch) used to hold sweets.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *dwenos / bonbonniere