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
- an atomic bomb
Ancestry of “atombombe”, step by step
atombombe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål bombe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | bombe | a bomb; a round spot in patterns; bombe |
| 2 | French | bombé | rounded, convex; past participle of bomber |
| 3 | Italian | bomba | bomb |
| 4 | Italian | bombo | bumblebee; buzzing |
| 5 | Latin | bombus | A buzz or humming sound |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βόμβος | any deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,... |
via Norwegian Bokmål atom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | atom | an atom |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἄτομος | uncut; indivisible, not capable of being... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |