bombard

bombard · noun¹

1. Latin · derived frombombus“buzzing; booming”
2. Middle French · derived frombombarde“a bombard, mortar, catapult"; also "a bassoon-like musical instrument”
3. Middle English · inherited frombombard
4. English todaybombard

From Middle English bombard, from Middle French bombarde (“a bombard, mortar, catapult"; also "a bassoon-like musical instrument”), from Latin bombus (“buzzing; booming”). The modern pronunciation is from modern French bombarde.

bombard · verb²

1. Middle French · derived frombombarde“a bombard”
2. French · borrowed frombombarder
3. English todaybombard

From French bombarder, from Middle French bombarde (“a bombard”).

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