Where does “clusterbom” come from?

clusterbom (Dutch) comes from Dutch bom, from French bombé, from Italian bomba, from Italian bombo, from Latin bombus, from Ancient Greek βόμβος — any deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...

clusterbom (Dutch): cluster bomb

Definitions

  1. cluster bomb

Ancestry of “clusterbom”, step by step

clusterbom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch bom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbombomb; gas cylinder; flat-bottomed marine fishing...
2Frenchbombérounded, convex; past participle of bomber
3Italianbombabomb
4Italianbombobumblebee; buzzing
5LatinbombusA buzz or humming sound
6Ancient Greekβόμβοςany deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...

via Dutch cluster

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchclustercluster; star cluster
2EnglishclusterA group or bunch of several discrete items that...
3Middle Englishcluster
4Old Englishcluster
5Proto-Germanicklus-
Every word from Ancient Greek βόμβος
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