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BunEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
Derived from Khmer ប៉ុន (pon).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗bunEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
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.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗bunEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
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.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗bunEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Probably from Scots bun (“tail of a rabbit or hare”), which is probably from Scottish Gaelic bun (“bottom, butt, stump, stub”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗bunEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Caribbean pronunciation of burn.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗bunEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
From the Revised Romanization of Korean 분 (bun), from Chinese 分 (fèn, “fen”). Doublet of fen.
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