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 βόμβος →Every word from Latin bombus →Every word from Italian bombo →