The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromβομβυλιάζειν
- Latin · derived frombombilō
- Medieval Latin · derived frombombināre“buzz, hum”
- English todaybombinate
From Medieval Latin bombināre (“buzz, hum”), variant of Latin bombilō, from Ancient Greek βομβυλιάζειν (bombuliázein), from βόμβος (bómbos, “booming, humming”), of imitative origin.
Words from the same roots
Medieval Latinbombināre all →
bombinator
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.