boom

boom · verb, noun, interjection¹

1. Dutch · borrowed frombommen“to hum, buzz”
2. German · borrowed frombummen
3. English todayboom

Onomatopoeic, perhaps borrowed; compare German bummen, Dutch bommen (“to hum, buzz”). The sense "a period of economic growth" is generally taken to derive from the sense "a rapid expansion", although other origins have also been suggested.

boom · noun, verb²

1. Dutch · borrowed fromboom“tree; pole”
2. English todayboom

Borrowed from Dutch boom (“tree; pole”). Doublet of beam.

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