Where does “bombasin” come from?

bombasin (Middle French) comes from Late Latin bombasinum, from Latin bombyx, from Ancient Greek βόμβυξ — silkworm; garment made of silk; deeptoned flute.

bombasin (Middle French): bombasine, bombazine

Definitions

  1. bombasine, bombazine

Ancestry of “bombasin”, step by step

bombasin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Late Latin bombasinum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinbombasinum—
2Latinbombyxsilkworm
3Ancient Greekβόμβυξsilkworm; garment made of silk; deeptoned flute

via Italian bambagine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbambagine—
2Latinbambax—

Words derived from “bombasin”

Every word from Ancient Greek βόμβυξ →Every word from Latin bombyx →Every word from Late Latin bombasinum →