bombax
See also: Bombax
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin [Term?].
Noun edit
bombax (plural bombaxes)
Synonyms edit
- (tree in Bombax): cotton tree
See also edit
- bombax on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- bombax on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbom.baks/, [ˈbɔmbäks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbom.baks/, [ˈbɔmbäks]
Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek βομβάξ (bombáx).
Interjection edit
bombax
Etymology 2 edit
Ultimately from Ancient Greek βόμβυξ (bómbux, “silkworm”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun edit
bombax
Descendants edit
References edit
- “bombax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bombax in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- bombax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.