Where does “Bikini” come from?

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

Bikini (German): A bikini, scanty two-piece bathing suit, named...

Definitions

  1. A bikini, scanty two-piece bathing suit, named...

Ancestry of “Bikini”, step by step

Bikini traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Marshallese Pikinni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MarshallesePikinni—
2Marshallesepika plane surface; a layer; a stratum
3Marshallesepikpik—

via French Bikini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchBikiniBikini atoll
2EnglishBikiniBikini atoll

Words derived from “Bikini”

Every word from Marshallese pikpik →Every word from Marshallese pik →Every word from Marshallese Pikinni →
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