bourne

Meaning

1. (archaic, countable) A boundary; a limit.
2. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A goal or destination.

Synonyms

bourn

limit

destination

boundary

Terminus

border

bound

goal

ceiling

destiny

edge

end

🔚

foreordination

frontier

ambit

brook

line

mete

parameter

predestination

preordination

purpose

purview

raja

stint

stream

terminal

terminal point

terminus ad quem

confine

Translations

σύνορο

gaye

🔚

hedef

ρέμα

memleket

sınır

ülke

στόχος

ρυάκι

varılacak yer

هدف

όριο

προορισμός

τέρμα

ruisseau

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɔːn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bourne

Inherited from Old English: burna

In summary

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.