Where does “bikini” come from?

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

bikini (Swedish): bikini

Definitions

  1. bikini

Ancestry of “bikini”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchBikiniBikini atoll
2EnglishBikiniBikini 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 →