Where does “bomb” come from?

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

bomb (Swedish): a bomb

Definitions

  1. a bomb

Ancestry of “bomb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbombérounded, convex; past participle of bomber
2Italianbombabomb
3Italianbombobumblebee; buzzing
4LatinbombusA buzz or humming sound
5Ancient Greekβόμβοςany deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...

Words derived from “bomb”

Every word from Ancient Greek βόμβος →