Where does “Bombendrohung” come from?

Bombendrohung (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,...

Bombendrohung (German): bomb threat, bomb scare

Definitions

  1. bomb threat, bomb scare

Ancestry of “Bombendrohung”, step by step

Bombendrohung 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 Drohung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDrohungthreat expression of intent to injure or punish another
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
Every word from Ancient Greek βόμβος
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