Where does “ဗုံးကြဲ” come from?
ဗုံးကြဲ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဗုံး, from English bomb, from French bombé, from Italian bomba, from Italian bombo, from Latin bombus, from Ancient Greek βόμβος — any deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...
ဗုံးကြဲ (Burmese): to drop the bomb
Definitions
- to drop the bomb
Ancestry of “ဗုံးကြဲ”, step by step
ဗုံးကြဲ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ဗုံး
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ဗုံး | bomb |
| 2 | English | bomb | An explosive device used or intended as a weapon;... |
| 3 | French | bombé | rounded, convex; past participle of bomber |
| 4 | Italian | bomba | bomb |
| 5 | Italian | bombo | bumblebee; buzzing |
| 6 | Latin | bombus | A buzz or humming sound |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βόμβος | any deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,... |
via Burmese ကြဲ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ကြဲ | to scatter, cast |