Where does “bikini” come from?
bikini (Dutch) comes from French Bikini, from English Bikini, from German Bikini, from Marshallese Pikinni, from Marshallese pik, from Marshallese pikpik.
bikini (Dutch): bikini
Ancestry of “bikini”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | Bikini | — |
| 2 | English | Bikini | — |
| 3 | German | Bikini | A bikini, scanty two-piece bathing suit, named... |
| 4 | Marshallese | Pikinni | — |
| 5 | Marshallese | pik | a plane surface; a layer; a stratum |
| 6 | Marshallese | pikpik | — |