Where does “կարաոկե” come from?
կարաոկե (Armenian) comes from Russian карао́ке, from Japanese カラオケ, from Japanese オケ, from Japanese オーケストラ, from English orchestra, from Latin orchēstra, from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα, from Ancient Greek -τρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
կարաոկե (Armenian): karaoke
Ancestry of “կարաոկե”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | карао́ке | — |
| 2 | Japanese | カラオケ | karaoke: popular music remixed or arranged to... |
| 3 | Japanese | オケ | Short for カラオケ |
| 4 | Japanese | オーケストラ | orchestra |
| 5 | English | orchestra | A large group of musicians who play together on... |
| 6 | Latin | orchēstra | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀρχήστρα | space on which the chorus danced, orchestra |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |