Where does “bombing” come from?

bombing (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,...

bombing (Norwegian Bokmål): a bombing

Definitions

  1. a bombing

Ancestry of “bombing”, step by step

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,...
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