Where does “bombejar” come from?

bombejar (Catalan) comes from Catalan bomba, from Catalan bombarda — bombard cannon.

bombejar (Catalan): to pump

Definitions

  1. to pump

Ancestry of “bombejar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanbombabomb; pump
2Catalanbombardabombard cannon
Every word from Catalan bombarda →Every word from Catalan bomba →
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