Where does “bombé” come from?

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

bombé (English): Featuring a protruding convex bulge

Definitions

  1. Featuring a protruding convex bulge

Ancestry of “bombé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbombérounded, convex; past participle of bomber
2Italianbombabomb
3Italianbombobumblebee; buzzing
4LatinbombusA buzz or humming sound
5Ancient Greekβόμβοςany deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...
Every word from Ancient Greek βόμβοςEvery word from Latin bombusEvery word from Italian bombo
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