Where does “boom” come from?
boom (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch bôom, from Old Dutch bōm, from Western Proto-Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic baumaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
boom (Dutch): tree; any solid, pole-shaped, usually wooden...
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- tree; any solid, pole-shaped, usually wooden...