Where does “bombardier” come from?
Bombardier comes from Old French bombarder, a verb meaning to attack with artillery or projectiles.
bombardier (English): A bomber crew member who sights and releases...
Definitions
- A bomber crew member who sights and releases...
Ancestry of “bombardier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | bombardier | artilleryman, bombardier; bomber |
| 2 | French | -ier | used to form the names of trees bearing a... |
| 3 | Latin | -ārium | — |
| 4 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |