Where does “bikini” come from?

bikini (Italian) comes from French Bikini, from English Bikini, from German Bikini, from Marshallese Pikinni, from Marshallese pik, from Marshallese pikpik.

bikini (Italian): bikini

Definitions

bikini

Ancestry of “bikini”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	Bikini	Bikini atoll
2	English	Bikini	Bikini atoll
3	German	Bikini	A bikini, scanty two-piece bathing suit, named...
4	Marshallese	Pikinni	—
5	Marshallese	pik	a plane surface; a layer; a stratum
6	Marshallese	pikpik	—

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