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Where does “Bombe” come from?

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

Bombe (German): a bomb; a bombe, a bomb-shaped dessert; a bombe...

Definitions

  1. a bomb; a bombe, a bomb-shaped dessert; a bombe...

Ancestry of “Bombe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbombérounded, convex; past participle of bomber
2Italianbombabomb
3Italianbombobumblebee; buzzing
4LatinbombusA buzz or humming sound
5Ancient Greekβόμβοςany deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...

Words derived from “Bombe”

  • Fassbombe
  • Bombenerfolg
  • Autobombe
  • Paketbombe
  • Briefbombe
  • Rohrbombe
  • Atombombenexplosion
  • Zeitbombe
  • Brandbombe
  • Nagelbombe
  • Wasserbombe
  • Uranbombe
  • Bombenmantel
  • Bombenleger
  • Wasserstoffbombe
  • Neutronenbombe
  • Atombombe
  • bombă
  • pomm
  • aatomipomm
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