Rainbow etymology

English

English word rainbow comes from Proto-Germanic *regnaz (Rain.), Proto-Germanic *bugô (A bow.), Proto-Germanic *regną (Rain.)

Detailed word origin of rainbow

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*regnaz Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) Rain.
*bugô Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) A bow.
*regną Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) Rain.
*regnabugô Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) Rainbow.
reġnboga Old English (ang)
regnboga Old English (ang) A rainbow.
reinboȝe Middle English (enm)
rainbow English (en) (attributive) LGBT.. (attributive, chiefly, US) Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.. (poker, chiefly, of a flop) Composed entirely of different suits.. Multicoloured. (transitive) To pattern with many colours, like a rainbow. (baseball) A curveball, particularly a slow one.. (figurative) An illusion, mirage.. (often used [...]

Words with the same origin as rainbow

Descendants of *regnaz

rain rein

Descendants of *bugô

bow