Where does “kabomberohan” come from?
kabomberohan (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano bombero, from Spanish bombero, from Spanish -ero, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
kabomberohan (Cebuano): the fire department
Definitions
- the fire department
Ancestry of “kabomberohan”, step by step
kabomberohan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Cebuano bombero
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | bombero | A firefighter; A pumper; one who pumps |
| 2 | Spanish | bombero | firefighter |
| 3 | Spanish | -ero | forms occupations and other agent nouns from... |
| 4 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
via Cebuano ka- -han
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | ka- -han | — |