Where does “bombeiro” come from?

bombeiro (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Bomba, from French pompe, from Latin pompa, from Ancient Greek πομπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

bombeiro (Portuguese): firefighter

Definitions

  1. firefighter

Ancestry of “bombeiro”, step by step

bombeiro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese Bomba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseBombabomb
2Frenchpompepump; push-up; Style of strumming, used...
3Latinpompaprocession, parade; pomp
4Ancient Greekπομπήa sending; a solemn procession; pomp
5Ancient Greeksuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
6Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via Spanish bombero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbomberofirefighter
2Spanish-eroforms occupations and other agent nouns from...
3Latin-āriumused primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end
4Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
5Proto-Italic*-om
6Proto-Indo-European*-oHom
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Ancient Greek Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾱ