Where does “bombage” come from?

bombage (French) comes from French bomber, from French bombé, from Italian bomba, from Italian bombo, from Latin bombus, from Ancient Greek βόμβος — any deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...

bombage (French): bending; swelling; spray-painting, tagging

Definitions

  1. bending; swelling; spray-painting, tagging

Ancestry of “bombage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbomberto bulge; to cower, to bend; to move, walk...
2Frenchbombérounded, convex; past participle of bomber
3Italianbombabomb
4Italianbombobumblebee; buzzing
5LatinbombusA buzz or humming sound
6Ancient Greekβόμβοςany deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...

Words derived from “bombage

Every word from Ancient Greek βόμβοςEvery word from Latin bombusEvery word from Italian bombo
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