Etymology

superbomb

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Today it means: An extremely powerful bomb, especially the atomic bomb or hydrogen bomb. Full definition →

English bomb ← French bombe ← Latin super-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Frenchbombe
  8. Englishbomb
  9. English todaysuperbomb

From super- + bomb.

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