Etymology

bombyx

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Today it means: Any member of the genus Bombyx of true silkmoths, whose caterpillars often feed on mulberries. Full definition →

translingual Bombyx ← Latin bombyx ← Ancient Greek βόμβυξ
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβόμβυξ
  2. Latin · derived frombombyx
  3. translingual · borrowed fromBombyx
  4. English todaybombyx

From translingual Bombyx, from Latin bombyx, from Ancient Greek βόμβυξ (bómbux). Compare bombast.

Words from the same roots

Latinbombyx all →

bombic acidbombylious

Ancient Greekβόμβυξ all →

bombastbombase

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.