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
bikini traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French Bikini
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Bikini | Bikini atoll |
| 2 | English | Bikini | Bikini atoll |
| 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 | — |
via French bikini
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bikini | bikini |