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bon

Pronunciation: /boːn/

“bon” is an Old English word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. ornament

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bōn, from Proto-Germanic *bōnō or *bōnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”).

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