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Where does “hobohemia” come from?

hobohemia (English) comes from English bohemia, from French Bohême, from Middle French Bohême, from Latin Boiohaemum.

hobohemia (English): A community of hoboes

Definitions

  1. A community of hoboes

Ancestry of “hobohemia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbohemiaAlternative letter-case form of Bohemia
2FrenchBohêmeBohemia
3Middle FrenchBohême—
4LatinBoiohaemum—
Every word from Latin Boiohaemum →