Where does “bombardare” come from?
bombardare (Italian) comes from Romanian bombardă, from French bombarder, from French bombarde, from Middle French bombarde, from Latin bombus, from Ancient Greek βόμβος — any deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...
bombardare (Italian): to bombard, to bomb, to fire
Definitions
- to bombard, to bomb, to fire
Ancestry of “bombardare”, step by step
bombardare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian bombardă
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | bombardă | bombard |
| 2 | French | bombarder | to shell, blitz |
| 3 | French | bombarde | bombard; a medieval primitive cannon used chiefly... |
| 4 | Middle French | bombarde | a bombard, mortar, catapult"; also "a... |
| 5 | Latin | bombus | A buzz or humming sound |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βόμβος | any deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,... |