boon.
A good thing; a thing to be thankful for or to appreciate duly.
Meaning & usage
A good thing; a thing to be thankful for or to appreciate duly.
Finding the dry cave was a boon to the weary travellers.
Anaesthetics are a great boon to modern surgery.
That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.
A prayer; petition.
An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
A blessing, typically a supernatural power, granted to an ascetic by a god or goddess.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English boon (“prayer”), from Old Norse bón (“prayer, petition”), from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“supplication”), influenced by boon (“good, favorable”, adjective). Doublet of ben; see there for more.
Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
Kind; bountiful; benign.
Good; prosperous.
boon voyage
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Archaic Latin duenos Old Latin duonus Latin bonus Old French bon Old Northern French boonbor. Middle English boon English boon From Middle English boon, bone, borrowed from Old Northern French boon, from Old French bon (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duonus, dvenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dū- (“to respect”).
The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English bone (“reed, stem, husk”), akin to or alteration of Old English bune (“reed; drinking cup”).
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