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Where does “bombarderen” come from?

bombarderen (Dutch) comes from French bombarder, from French bombarde, from Middle French bombarde, from Latin bombus, from Ancient Greek βόμβος — any deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...

bombarderen (Dutch): to bomb, to bombard; to bombard figuratively, to...

Definitions

  1. to bomb, to bombard; to bombard figuratively, to...

Ancestry of “bombarderen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbombarderto shell, blitz
2Frenchbombardebombard; a medieval primitive cannon used chiefly...
3Middle Frenchbombardea bombard, mortar, catapult"; also "a...
4LatinbombusA buzz or humming sound
5Ancient Greekβόμβοςany deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...
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