====== 'Bunting' etymology ======

>Bunting (n.1)\\ light woolen stuff loosely woven, flag-material," 1742, __of uncertain origin; __perhaps from a dialectal survival of Middle English //bonting// "sifting," verbal noun from// bonten// "to sift," because cloth was used for sifting grain. The Middle English verb is via Old French, from Vulgar Latin //bonitare// "to make good," from Latin //bonus// "good"\\ \\ Source : [[https://www.etymonline.com/word/bunting|Etymology online]]

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