Where does “Bikini” come from?

Bikini (French) comes from English Bikini, from German Bikini, from Marshallese Pikinni, from Marshallese pik, from Marshallese pikpik.

Bikini (French): Bikini atoll

Definitions

  1. Bikini atoll

Ancestry of “Bikini”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBikiniBikini atoll
2GermanBikiniA bikini, scanty two-piece bathing suit, named...
3MarshallesePikinni—
4Marshallesepika plane surface; a layer; a stratum
5Marshallesepikpik—

Words derived from “Bikini”

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