Where does “dora” come from?
dora (English) comes from Japanese ドラ, from Japanese ドラゴン, from English dragon, from English drag queen, from English Queen, from Middle English quene, from Old English cwene, from Old English cwēn — woman.
dora (English): Tiles that provide bonus score multiplier points (飜) in a winning hand, indicated by one or multiple face-up tiles in the dead wall
Definitions
- Tiles that provide bonus score multiplier points (飜) in a winning hand, indicated by one or multiple face-up tiles in the dead wall
Ancestry of “dora”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ドラ | dora; tiles that provide bonus score multiplier points in a winning hand, indicated by one or multiple face-up tiles in the |
| 2 | Japanese | ドラゴン | a dragon |
| 3 | English | dragon | A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature; An... |
| 4 | English | drag queen | A person, usually male, who dresses up in women's... |
| 5 | English | Queen | A title used before the personal name of a queen |
| 6 | Middle English | quene | A queen; Any powerful woman noble; A female... |
| 7 | Old English | cwene | a woman; inflection of cwēn: ##... |
| 8 | Old English | cwēn | queen; woman, wife, queen |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | kwāni | woman, wife |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kwēniz | wife |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷḗn | woman |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷen- | woman |