Etymology

Bollywood

Bol·ly·wood
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Today it means: The Hindi-language film industry located in Mumbai. Full definition →

English Hollywood ← Portuguese Bombaim ← Late Latin baia
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-der.?
  2. Proto-Italic*dwenos
  3. Old Latinduonus
  4. Latinbonum
  5. Old Galician-Portuguesebõo
  6. Portuguesebom
  7. Iberianbadia?
  8. Late Latinbaia
  9. Portuguesebaía
  10. PortugueseBombaim
  11. EnglishBombay
  12. EnglishHollywood
  13. English todayBollywood

Blend of Bombay + Hollywood.

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