Where does “بمب” come from?

بمب (Persian) comes from French bombé, from Italian bomba, from Italian bombo, from Latin bombus, from Ancient Greek βόμβος — any deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...

بمب (Persian): bomb

Definitions

  1. bomb

Ancestry of “بمب”, step by step

بمب traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French bombé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbombérounded, convex; past participle of bomber
2Italianbombabomb
3Italianbombobumblebee; buzzing
4LatinbombusA buzz or humming sound
5Ancient Greekβόμβοςany deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...

via Sanskrit भ्रू

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritभ्रूeyebrow
2Proto-Indo-AryanHbʰrúHseyebrow
3Proto-Indo-IranianHbʰrúHseyebrow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃bʰrúHseyebrow

Words derived from “بمب”

Every word from Ancient Greek βόμβος →Every word from Latin bombus →Every word from Italian bombo →