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Where does “なんど” come from?

なんど (Japanese) comes from Japanese 何と, from Japanese 何 — What?, Huh?; what; that thing.

なんど (Japanese): 何度 the number of times, how often; 等 et cetera;...

Definitions

  1. 何度 the number of times, how often; 等 et cetera;...

Ancestry of “なんど”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese何とetc., and so forth, and such like
2Japanese何What?, Huh?; what; that thing
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