Boon Definition
(archaic) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a favour; benefaction; a grant; a present.
(UK dialectal) An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
Other Word Forms of Boon
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Origin of Boon
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From Middle English boon (“prayer”), from Old Norse bόn (“prayer, petition”), from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“supplication”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰāni-, *bʰā- (“to say”). Influenced by boon (“good, favorable”, adj). Cognate with Swedish bön (“prayer, petition, request”), Danish bøn (“prayer”), Old English bēn (“prayer, request, favor, compulsory service”). More at ben.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English boon, bone, from Old Northern French boon, Old French bon (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duonus, dvenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dū- (“to respect”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English bon good from Old French from Latin bonus deu-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English bone from Old Norse bōn prayer bhā-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Gaelic and Irish via Scots.
From Wiktionary
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