Where does “ném bom” come from?
ném bom (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bơm, from French pommé, from Middle French pomme, from Old French pome, from Latin pōmum, from Latin pōmus, from Proto-Italic poomos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂po-h₁ém-os — from, off, back; off, away; off, from.
ném bom (Vietnamese): to bomb; to drop a bomb
Definitions
- to bomb; to drop a bomb
Ancestry of “ném bom”, step by step
ném bom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese bơm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bơm | pump; to pump |
| 2 | French | pommé | past participle of pommer; grown round, or like... |
| 3 | Middle French | pomme | — |
| 4 | Old French | pome | apple |
| 5 | Latin | pōmum | any type of fruit (applied to apples, cherries, nuts, berries, figs, dates, etc.) |
| 6 | Latin | pōmus | fruit |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | poomos | fruit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂po-h₁ém-os | taken off |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epo | from, off, back; off, away; off, from |