Where does “bulb” come from?

Bulb comes from Middle English bulbe, from Latin bulbus, from Ancient Greek bolbós, originally meaning an underground plant stem or bulb.

bulb (English): Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering...

Definitions

  1. Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering...

Ancestry of “bulb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbulbusbulb
2Ancient Greekβολβόςbulb of various plants, especially onion; tassel...

Words derived from “bulb

Every word from Ancient Greek βολβός