Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·latin ·1540s
Bona fide
from bona fide
- Meaning
- In good faith.
- Source word
- bona fide
- Route into English
- Roman legal phrase → modern legal English → general use ("bona fide reason").
- Arrived
- 1540s
English borrows.
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