bonacia

Meaning

1. Proto Italo Western Romancefemininereconstructionlull, dead calm

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-der. Ancient Greek μᾰλᾰκός (mălăkós) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek μᾰλᾰκῐ́ᾱ (mălăkĭ́ā)bor. Latin malacia ▲ Latin bonusinflu. Latin *bonacia From malacia (“lull, dead calm”), influenced by bonus (“good”) under the false impression that initial mal- is a derivate of malus (“bad”).

In English words that came into English from bonacia

• bonanza*bonacia