Where does “アンパサンド” come from?
アンパサンド (Japanese) comes from English ampersand, from Latin per se, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
アンパサンド (Japanese): an ampersand
Definitions
- an ampersand
Ancestry of “アンパサンド”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ampersand | The symbol "&"; To add an ampersand to |
| 2 | Latin | per se | by itself |
| 3 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |