Bonnet

A bonnet the name of different types of headwear for men and women. The word is a 14th century loan from Old French, from Vulgar Latin bonitum (ultimately of Germanic origin.

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Bonnet - Old French - Vulgar Latin - Germanic

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by extension,

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• bonnet is British English for the hinged cover over the engine in a motor vehicle (US: "hood")
• war bonnet which belonged to the Native Americans
• Bonnets provide leakproof closure for a gate valve or globe valve body

People called Bonnet:

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• Pierre Ossian Bonnet was a French mathematician
• Automobiles René Bonnet was a French car maker which later became Matra Automobiles

Places called Bonnet:

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• Bonnet, a commune in the Meuse département, in France