bunté

See also: bunte and Bunte

Old French

Alternative forms

bonté
bounté (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From Latin bonitās, bonitātem.

Noun

bunté oblique singular, f (oblique plural buntez, nominative singular bunté, nominative plural buntez)

(Anglo-Norman) goodness
- c. 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar:
  valt mielz de vus, dame reïne
  de cors, de vis e de bealté,
  d'enseignement e de bunté.
  [She] is worth more than you, Your Majesty
  in body, in her face, in beauty
  in education and in goodness.

Descendants

French: bonté
→ Middle English: bounte, bonte, bunte, bountie
- English: bounty

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