Where does “bombarda” come from?

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

bombarda (Italian): bombard; bombardon; inflection of bombardare: ##...

Definitions

  1. bombard; bombardon; inflection of bombardare: ##...

Ancestry of “bombarda”, step by step

bombarda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian bomba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbombabomb
2Italianbombobumblebee; buzzing
3LatinbombusA buzz or humming sound
4Ancient Greekβόμβοςany deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...

via French bombarde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbombardebombard; a medieval primitive cannon used chiefly...
2Middle Frenchbombardea bombard, mortar, catapult"; also "a...

Words derived from “bombarda”

Every word from Ancient Greek βόμβος →Every word from Latin bombus →Every word from Italian bombo →
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