Words that come from Latin “bombyx”

75 words across 20 languages descend from Latin bombyx — including bombastic, bombast, bombazine, bombastically, bombastical, bombyx, bombykol, bombastry.

See the etymology of bombyx itself →

English (17)

Italian (12)

Romanian (10)

French (7)

Translingual (4)

Latin (3)

Hungarian (3)

Portuguese (2)

Late Latin (2)

Russian (2)

Swedish (2)

Esperanto (2)

Indonesian (2)

Middle French (1)

Spanish (1)

German (1)

Old French (1)

Dutch (1)

Finnish (1)

Ukrainian (1)