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Where does “bambus” come from?

bambus (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Bambus, from English bamboo, from Dutch bamboe, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Tamil வேம்பு, from Kannada ಬಂಬು, from Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu.

bambus (Serbo-Croatian): bamboo

Definitions

  1. bamboo

Ancestry of “bambus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBambusbamboo
2EnglishbambooA fast-growing grass of the Poaceae family,...
3Dutchbamboebamboo
4Portuguesebambubamboo
5Malaybambubamboo
6Tamilவேம்பு—
7Kannadaಬಂಬುbamboo
8Proto-Dravidian*wēmpu—
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