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Bus is a clipped form of the Latin word Omnibus.

The latter name is derived from a hatter's shop which was situated in front of one of the first bus stations in Nantes, France in 1823.

" Omnes Omnibus " was a pun on the Latin sounding name of that hatter Omnès: omnes meaning " all " and omnibus means " for all " in Latin.

Nantes citizens soon gave the nickname of Omnibus to the vehicle.

When motorized transport replaced horse-drawn transport starting 1905, a motorized omnibus was called an autobus, a term still used.

Another type of school bus