Where does “Bombril” come from?
Bombril (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese brilho, from Portuguese brilhar, from Italian brillare, from Latin bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος, from Prakrit विरलायते, from Sanskrit वैडूर्य, from Pali veḷuriya — white town.
Bombril (Portuguese): a Brazilian brand of hygiene and cleaning products, which is iconic and most famous for its steel wool
Definitions
- a Brazilian brand of hygiene and cleaning products, which is iconic and most famous for its steel wool
Ancestry of “Bombril”, step by step
Bombril traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese brilho
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | brilho | shine |
| 2 | Portuguese | brilhar | to shine, to emit or reflect light; to seem it is... |
| 3 | Italian | brillare | to shine, to glisten, to sparkle or twinkle; to... |
| 4 | Latin | bēryllus | beryl |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βήρυλλος | beryl |
| 6 | Prakrit | विरलायते | — |
| 7 | Sanskrit | वैडूर्य | cat's eye; a jewel; anything excellent of its... |
| 8 | Pali | veḷuriya | lapis lazuli, a precious stone |
| 9 | Pali | veḷur | white town |
via Portuguese bom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | bom | good; well, very well |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | bõo | good; ethical; good; pleasant |
| 3 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 4 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |