Where does “boom” come from?

boom (English) comes from Dutch boom, 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 (English): To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound; To...

Definitions

  1. To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound; To...

Ancestry of “boom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchboomtree; any solid, pole-shaped, usually wooden...
2Middle Dutchbôomtree
3Old Dutchbōmtree
4Western Proto-Germanic*baum—
5Proto-GermanicbaumazAlternative form of *bagmaz; tree, beam, balk;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

Words derived from “boom”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic baumaz →Every word from Western Proto-Germanic *baum →