Etymology

bomberman

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Today it means: A male bomber (person who sets bombs) Full definition →

Middle English man ← Old English mann ← Proto-West Germanic *mann
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  1. Ancient Greekβόμβος (bómbos)
  2. Latinbombus
  3. Italianbomba
  4. Frenchbombe
  5. Englishbomb
  6. Englishbomber
  7. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  8. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  9. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  10. Old Englishmann
  11. Middle Englishman
  12. English todaybomberman

From bomber + -man.

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