Where does “-kini” come from?

-kini (English) comes from English Bikini, from French Bikini, from German Bikini, from Marshallese Pikinni, from Marshallese pik, from Marshallese pikpik.

-kini (English): indicates a type of swimwear

Definitions

  1. indicates a type of swimwear

Ancestry of “-kini”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBikiniBikini atoll
2FrenchBikiniBikini atoll
3GermanBikiniA bikini, scanty two-piece bathing suit, named...
4MarshallesePikinni—
5Marshallesepika plane surface; a layer; a stratum
6Marshallesepikpik—

Words derived from “-kini”

Every word from Marshallese pikpik →