Where does “bombardă” come from?
bombardă (Romanian) comes from French bombarder, from French bombarde, from Middle French bombarde, from Latin bombus, from Ancient Greek βόμβος — any deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...
Ancestry of “bombardă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | bombarder | to shell, blitz |
| 2 | French | bombarde | bombard; a medieval primitive cannon used chiefly... |
| 3 | Middle French | bombarde | a bombard, mortar, catapult"; also "a... |
| 4 | Latin | bombus | A buzz or humming sound |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βόμβος | any deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,... |