Where does “アーチェリー” come from?
アーチェリー (Japanese) comes from English archery, from Middle English archerie, from Old French archerie, from Old French archier, from Latin arcārius, from Latin arcuārius, from Latin arcus, from Latin solium — to sit.
アーチェリー (Japanese): archery (the practice)
Definitions
- archery (the practice)
Ancestry of “アーチェリー”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | archery | The practice or sport of shooting arrows with a... |
| 2 | Middle English | archerie | — |
| 3 | Old French | archerie | — |
| 4 | Old French | archier | archer |
| 5 | Latin | arcārius | — |
| 6 | Latin | arcuārius | bow |
| 7 | Latin | arcus | arc, arch; bow; rainbow |
| 8 | Latin | solium | seat, chair; throne, chair of state, official... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sodyom | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | to sit |