Where does “kyu” come from?
kyu (English) comes from English cue, from English queue, from French queue, from Middle French queu, from Old French cue, from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, from Proto-Italic kaudā.
kyu (English): A grade or rank in various Japanese activities...
Definitions
- A grade or rank in various Japanese activities...
Ancestry of “kyu”, step by step
kyu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English cue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cue | An action or event that is a signal for somebody... |
| 2 | English | queue | An animal's tail; A line of people, vehicles or... |
| 3 | French | queue | tail; queue, line; cue |
| 4 | Middle French | queu | — |
| 5 | Old French | cue | tail |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | coda | tail |
| 7 | Latin | cauda | A tail |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kaudā | tail |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂udeh₂ | — |
via Burmese ကယား
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ကယား | Kayah, an ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma) |