Where does “romaji” come from?

romaji (English) comes 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").

romaji (English): A representation of Japanese in Latin script

Definitions

  1. A representation of Japanese in Latin script

Ancestry of “romaji”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseローマ字Latin alphabet; romaji
2JapaneseローマRome, Roman
3ItalianRomaRome
4LatinRōmaRome and/or Constantinople (the latter as "Nova Roma")

Words derived from “romaji”

Every word from Latin Rōma →Every word from Italian Roma →Every word from Japanese ローマ →