Where does “bikini” come from?

bikini (Spanish) comes from English Bikini, from French Bikini, from German Bikini, from Marshallese Pikinni, from Marshallese pik, from Marshallese pikpik.

bikini (Spanish): bikini; ham and cheese sandwich

Definitions

  1. bikini; ham and cheese sandwich

Ancestry of “bikini”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBikiniBikini atoll
2FrenchBikiniBikini atoll
3GermanBikiniA bikini, scanty two-piece bathing suit, named...
4MarshallesePikinni—
5Marshallesepika plane surface; a layer; a stratum
6Marshallesepikpik—

Words derived from “bikini”

Every word from Marshallese pikpik →Every word from Marshallese pik →Every word from Marshallese Pikinni →
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