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Where does “諾貝爾” come from?

諾貝爾 (Chinese) comes from English nobel, from Swedish nobel, from Swedish Nobelius.

Ancestry of “諾貝爾”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnobelMisspelling of noble
2Swedishnobelnoble
3SwedishNobelius—
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