Where does “romaja” come from?

romaja (English) comes from Korean 로마자, from Japanese ローマ字, from Japanese ローマ, from Italian Roma, from Latin Rōma — Rome and/or Constantinople (the latter as "Nova Roma").

romaja (English): A representation of Korean in Latin script

Definitions

  1. A representation of Korean in Latin script

Ancestry of “romaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean로마자Roman script; the Latin alphabet; romaja
2Japaneseローマ字Latin alphabet; romaji
3JapaneseローマRome, Roman
4ItalianRomaRome
5LatinRōmaRome and/or Constantinople (the latter as "Nova Roma")
Every word from Latin Rōma →Every word from Italian Roma →Every word from Japanese ローマ →