Etymograph

English

bonnet

Bonnet comes from Old French bonet ‘material from which hats are made’, from Proto-Germanic *bundiją ‘bundle’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- ‘to tie’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰendʰ-‘to tie’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*bundiją‘bundle’reconstructed
  3. Frankishc. 250–700*bunni‘that which is bound’reconstructed
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400bonet‘material from which hats are made’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘cap, bonnet’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1596bonnet

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰendʰ-‘to tie’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*bundiją‘bundle’reconstructed
  3. Frankishc. 250–700*bunni‘that which is bound’reconstructed
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400bonet‘material from which hats are made’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘cap, bonnet’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1596bonnet

Earliest quotation: 1596, Thomas Masham, The Third Voyage set forth by Sir Walter Ralegh to Guiana: “And standing along to the Westward, this night we…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- ‘to tie’

band, bend, bond, bundle, bind, banner, tulip, bund, funicular, 22 more

Today it means

noun A type of hat, once widely worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin; now uncommonly worn except in certain religious sects.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- / bonnet

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