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I read a book written my an etymologist that mentioned that the "bon fire" with the french origin was folk etymology, and that it was from bone fire, like the OP's link. The book was "Everything You Know About English Is Wrong", and was really interesting. I recall the author being pretty good about explaining his research and sources, but I read it a while ago, so I don't remember the details.