Where does “bomba” come from?

bomba (Malay) comes from Portuguese Bomba, from French pompe, from Latin pompa, from Ancient Greek πομπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

bomba (Malay): firefighter, fire brigade; pump

Definitions

  1. firefighter, fire brigade; pump

Ancestry of “bomba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseBombabomb
2Frenchpompepump; push-up; Style of strumming, used...
3Latinpompaprocession, parade; pomp
4Ancient Greekπομπήa sending; a solemn procession; pomp
5Ancient Greek-ήsuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
6Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “bomba”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ή →Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾱ →