Where does “bikini” come from?

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

bikini (French): bikini

Definitions

  1. bikini

Ancestry of “bikini”, step by step

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

Words derived from “bikini”

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