Where does “bawang bombai” come from?

bawang bombai (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian bawang, from Malay bawang — a generic name for onion, include garlic, leek etc.

bawang bombai (Indonesian): onion

Definitions

  1. onion

Ancestry of “bawang bombai”, step by step

bawang bombai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian bawang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbawanga generic name for onion or leek
2Malaybawanga generic name for onion, include garlic, leek etc

via Indonesian Bombai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IndonesianBombai—
Every word from Malay bawang →Every word from Indonesian bawang →