English
imbonity
Imbonity comes from Latin bonitās ‘goodness’, from bonus ‘good, honest, kind’, 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, honest, kind’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEbonitās‘goodness’
- Englishearliest quotation 1621imbonity
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, honest, kind’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEbonitās‘goodness’
- Englishearliest quotation 1621imbonity
Earliest quotation: 1621, Robert Burton: “All fears, griefs, suspicions, discontents, imbonities, insuavities are swallowed…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to fit’
down, town, tool, teen, dynamic, tow, dynasty, dun, dynamo, dynastic, tine, taw, beaucoup, beauteous, 90 more
through Proto-Italic *dwenos ‘good’
beautiful, beauty, rebellion, boo, beau, rebellious, bello, rebelling, benefice, bauble, 35 more
through Archaic Latin duenos
ben, beneficial, rebel, beneficiary, revel, bene, bellicose, 36 more
through Latin bonus ‘good, honest, kind’
bonus, optimal, optimism, bonnie, boon, bona, bonny, bonbon, 13 more
Today it means
noun Lack of goodness.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *dwenos / imbonity