Where does “soroban” come from?
soroban (English) comes from Japanese 算盤, from Japanese 唐音, from Japanese 唐, from Japanese 伽羅, from Sanskrit कालागुरु.
soroban (English): A Japanese abacus derived from the Chinese...
Definitions
- A Japanese abacus derived from the Chinese...
Ancestry of “soroban”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 算盤 | abacus |
| 2 | Japanese | 唐音 | Tang reading of Chinese characters, Tō-on; a... |
| 3 | Japanese | 唐 | foreign lands in general; element in compounds,... |
| 4 | Japanese | 伽羅 | the Gaya confederacy: a grouping of smaller states on the southern end of the Korean peninsula, roughly dating to 42-532 |
| 5 | Sanskrit | कालागुरु | — |