Where does “アクセル” come from?
アクセル (Japanese) comes from Japanese アクセラレータ, from English accelerator, from English accelerate, from English -ant, from Middle English -ant, from Old English -ende, from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic -andz — voice (of human or animal); sound.
アクセル (Japanese): accelerator pedal, throttle; axel jump
Definitions
- accelerator pedal, throttle; axel jump
Ancestry of “アクセル”, step by step
アクセル traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese アクセラレータ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | アクセラレータ | — |
| 2 | English | accelerator | One who, or that which, accelerates; A device for... |
| 3 | English | accelerate | To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion... |
| 4 | English | -ant | The agent noun derived from verb; An adjective... |
| 5 | Middle English | -ant | — |
| 6 | Old English | -ende | equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *-andī | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -andz | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 10 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 11 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 12 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 13 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 14 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |