bun

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Origin

  • From Middle English bunne, from Anglo-Norman bugne, from Old French bugne (hence French beignet), from Frankish *bungjo, diminutive of *bungu, from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ-. Cognate with Dutch bonk. More at bunch.
  • Probably from Scots bun, which is probably from Scottish Gaelic bun.
  • Caribbean pronunciation of burn.
  • From the Revised Romanization of Korean 분, from Chinese 分 ("fen"). fen.

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