Where does “melonpan” come from?
melonpan (English) comes from Japanese メロンパン, from Japanese パン, from English PAN, from English pantograph, from French pantographe, from French -graphe, from Latin -graphus, from Ancient Greek -γράφος — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
melonpan (English): A type of sweet bun originating from and popular in Japan, as well as in Taiwan and China
Definitions
- A type of sweet bun originating from and popular in Japan, as well as in Taiwan and China
Ancestry of “melonpan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | メロンパン | A melon-shaped (and sometimes also melon-flavored) bun in Japanese cuisine; melonpan |
| 2 | Japanese | パン | bread; a pan; a pan shot |
| 3 | English | PAN | Acronym of primary account number; Acronym of... |
| 4 | English | pantograph | A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms... |
| 5 | French | pantographe | pantograph |
| 6 | French | -graphe | -graph; -grapher |
| 7 | Latin | -graphus | graph |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -γράφος | writer, painter |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |