Bonjour

Sign in to save

French

Root

denga

sky; roof, ceiling

Bonjour day element from PIE dyeu linked to Shona denga

Confidence
48/100
Root language
Shona
Descent begins
bonjourFrench

The consensus position

Bonjour is a native French formula bon plus jour from Latin bonus and diurnum, ultimately Indo-European, with no Bantu or Shona involvement.

The working behind this.

The full descent — 6 links from the attested form down to the root — the segment-by-segment correspondences, the phonological breakdown and the case for the derivation are behind an account.

Create an accountSign in

An account opens 10 entries in full, free.

Elsewhere in the corpus