myEtymology.com: English etymology of Big Bertha

Etymology of the English word Big Bertha

the English word Big Bertha

derived from the English word approximate

derived from the Late Latin word approximatus

derived from the Latin word approximare (be, draw, come close)

derived from the Latin word proximus (next; nearest, closest, next; neighbor; nearest one)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per