a bonus, an extra or premium · Any one-off gain · good marks in a rating scale, notably to calculate an insurance premium dependent on the number of accidents
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin duonus Latin bonusbor. English bonusbor. ▲ Latin bonusbor. Portuguese bónus Borrowed from English bonus or Latin bonus, from Old Latin duonus, from Proto-Indo-European *dou- (“to worship”). Doublet of bom (“good”), a doublet inherited from the same Latin word.
köken: From 御(お) (o-, honorific prefix) + 負(ま)け (make, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 負(ま)ける (makeru, “to lower in price”)).