Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗A small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced. · A bread roll that is served with a savoury filling such as a hamburger or hot dog. · Any bread roll. · A cupcake.
From Middle English bunne (“wheat cake, bun”), from Anglo-Norman bugne (“bump on the head; fritter”), from Old French bugne (hence French beignet), from Frankish *bungjo (“little clump”), diminutive of *bungu (“lump, clump”), from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“clump, lump, heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognate with Dutch bonk (“clump, clot, cluster of fruits”). More at bunch.
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