Where does “bikini” come from?
Bikini is an English word from French bikini, ultimately from Bikini, the atoll in the Marshall Islands where nuclear tests were conducted in 1946.
bikini (English): A brief two-piece bathing suit worn by women,...
Definitions
- A brief two-piece bathing suit worn by women,...
Ancestry of “bikini”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | Bikini | — |
| 2 | English | Bikini | — |
| 3 | German | Bikini | A bikini, scanty two-piece bathing suit, named... |
| 4 | Marshallese | Pikinni | — |
| 5 | Marshallese | pik | a plane surface; a layer; a stratum |
| 6 | Marshallese | pikpik | — |
Words derived from “bikini”