Where does “atombombe” come from?

atombombe (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål bombe, from French bombé, from Italian bomba, from Italian bombo, from Latin bombus, from Ancient Greek βόμβος — any deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...

atombombe (Norwegian Bokmål): an atomic bomb

Definitions

  1. an atomic bomb

Ancestry of “atombombe”, step by step

atombombe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål bombe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbombea bomb; a round spot in patterns; bombe
2Frenchbombérounded, convex; past participle of bomber
3Italianbombabomb
4Italianbombobumblebee; buzzing
5LatinbombusA buzz or humming sound
6Ancient Greekβόμβοςany deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...

via Norwegian Bokmål atom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålatoman atom
2Ancient Greekἄτομοςuncut; indivisible, not capable of being...
3Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
4Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Ancient Greek βόμβοςEvery word from Latin bombusEvery word from Italian bombo