Where does “bom” come from?
bom (Dutch) comes from Dutch atoombom, from Dutch atoom, from French atome, from Middle French athome, from Latin atomus, from Ancient Greek ἄτομος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə- — together, one.
bom (Dutch): bomb; gas cylinder; flat-bottomed marine fishing...
Definitions
- bomb; gas cylinder; flat-bottomed marine fishing...
Ancestry of “bom”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | atoombom | atomic bomb |
| 2 | Dutch | atoom | An atom; A tiny bit |
| 3 | French | atome | atom; scrap, jot, iota, whit |
| 4 | Middle French | athome | atom |
| 5 | Latin | atomus | indivisible; an atom, particle incapable of being... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἄτομος | uncut; indivisible, not capable of being... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |