Where does “アンドラ公国” come from?
アンドラ公国 (Japanese) comes from Japanese アンドラ, from Catalan Andorra, from Basque andurrial, from Spanish andar, from Vulgar Latin and(i)tare, from Latin ambitare, from Latin adito, from Latin adeō — to be bright; sky, heaven.
Ancestry of “アンドラ公国”, step by step
アンドラ公国 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese アンドラ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | アンドラ | Andorra |
| 2 | Catalan | Andorra | Andorran |
| 3 | Basque | andurrial | shrub-covered land |
| 4 | Spanish | andar | to walk, to go; to amble, to travel; to ride |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | and(i)tare | to go |
| 6 | Latin | ambitare | present active infinitive of *ambitō;... |
| 7 | Latin | adito | I go to or approach often; second-person singular... |
| 8 | Latin | adeō | so, thus, so much |
| 9 | Interlingua | deo | a god, deity |
| 10 | French | Dieu | God; to God |
| 11 | Middle French | Dieu | God Christian deity |
| 12 | Old French | deü | Alternative form of deu |
| 13 | Latin | Deus | God |
| 14 | Latin | dẹ̄vos | — |
| 15 | Old Latin | deivos | god, deity |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | deiwos | god, deity |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |