bond

Meanings

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Origin

  • From Middle English bond, a variant of band, from Old English beand, bænd, bend, from Proto-Germanic *bandaz, *bandiz. Cognate with Dutch band, German Band, Swedish band. Bund. Related to bind.
  • From Middle English bonde ("peasant, servant, bondman"), from Old English bōnda, būnda, perhaps from Old Norse bóndi ("husbandman, householder"), or a contraction of Old English būend ("dweller, inhabitant"), both from Proto-Germanic *būwandz ("dweller"), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ("to become, grow, appear"). See also bower, boor.

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