Where does “atombombo” come from?
atombombo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto atoma, from Esperanto -a, from Italian -a, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
atombombo (Esperanto): atom bomb; atomic bomb
Definitions
- atom bomb; atomic bomb
Ancestry of “atombombo”, step by step
atombombo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto atoma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | atoma | atomic |
| 2 | Esperanto | -a | Related to, in the manner of, of; Belonging to,... |
| 3 | Italian | -a | Used, with a stem, to form the third-person... |
| 4 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via Esperanto bombo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | bombo | bomb |