English
bonus
Bonus comes from Latin bonus ‘good’, from Old Latin duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos, of uncertain origin.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dwenos‘good’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEduenos‘good’
- Old Latin, derivedc. 700–75 BCEduonus‘good’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbonus‘good’
- Englishearliest quotation 1949bonus
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dwenos‘good’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEduenos‘good’
- Old Latin, derivedc. 700–75 BCEduonus‘good’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbonus‘good’
- Englishearliest quotation 1949bonus
Earliest quotation: 1949, Land Values Research Group: “In its adherence to a system of rating which…”
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, rebellion, beau, boo, rebellious, bello, rebelling, benefice, bauble, 36 more
through Archaic Latin duenos
ben, beneficial, rebel, beneficiary, revel, bene, bellicose, 37 more
through Latin bonus ‘good’
optimal, optimism, bonnie, boon, bona, bonny, bonbon, 14 more
Today it means
noun Something extra that is good; an added benefit.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *dwenos / bonus