The story
- Late Latin · borrowed frombombitare“to buzz or hum”
- Medieval Latin · derived frombombināre
- English todaybombinator
From bombinate + -or. Frog sense, New Latin (genus name), agent noun form of Medieval Latin bombināre, from Late Latin bombitare (“to buzz or hum”).
Words from the same roots
Medieval Latinbombināre all →
bombinate
Late Latinbombitare all →
bound
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.