Where does “bumpee” come from?

bumpee (English) comes from English EE, from Cantonese 噫.

bumpee (English): An airline passenger who is bumped to a later...

Definitions

  1. An airline passenger who is bumped to a later...

Ancestry of “bumpee”, step by step

bumpee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English EE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEEInitialism of electrical engineering
2Cantonese噫—

via English bump

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbumpA light blow or jolting collision; The sound of...
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