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bourne

UK/bɔːn/ US/boɹn/ uncommon archaic

noun

1.

an archaic term for a boundary

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2.

an archaic term for a goal or destination

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Origin

From Middle French borne, from Old French bodne, from Medieval Latin bodina, a word of unknown ultimate origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom, base”), see also Proto-Celtic *bundos.

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