Where does “Archivbombe” come from?

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

Archivbombe (German): zip bomb

Definitions

  1. zip bomb

Ancestry of “Archivbombe”, step by step

Archivbombe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Bombe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBombea bomb; a bombe, a bomb-shaped dessert; a bombe...
2Frenchbombérounded, convex; past participle of bomber
3Italianbombabomb
4Italianbombobumblebee; buzzing
5LatinbombusA buzz or humming sound
6Ancient Greekβόμβοςany deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...

via German Archiv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanArchivarchive
2Latinarchīvumpublic records office
3Ancient Greekἀρχεῖονpublic building, town hall
4Ancient GreekἄρχωTo begin; To lead, rule, govern, command; To be...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ergʰ-to begin; to command, rule; to begin, rule,...
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