Where does “bombă” come from?

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

bombă (Romanian): bomb

Definitions

  1. bomb

Ancestry of “bombă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbomberto bulge; to cower, to bend; to move, walk...
2Frenchbombérounded, convex; past participle of bomber
3Italianbombabomb
4Italianbombobumblebee; buzzing
5LatinbombusA buzz or humming sound
6Ancient Greekβόμβοςany deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...

Words derived from “bombă”

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