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Where does “bombasin” come from?

bombasin (Old French) comes from Medieval Latin bombyx, from Ancient Greek πάμβαξ — cotton.

Ancestry of “bombasin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinbombyxsilkworm
2Ancient Greekπάμβαξcotton

Words derived from “bombasin”

  • basin
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