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Where does “ウィングレット” come from?

ウィングレット (Japanese) comes from English winglet, from English wing, from English woman, from Middle English womman, from Old English wīfmann, from Old English mann, from Proto-West Germanic mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann- — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...

ウィングレット (Japanese): a winglet

Definitions

  1. a winglet

Ancestry of “ウィングレット”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwingletA little wing; A winglike structure at a wingtip...
2EnglishwingAn appendage of an animal's body that enables it...
3EnglishwomanAn adult female human; All female humans...
4Middle EnglishwommanAn female adult person; a woman; The female sex...
5Old Englishwīfmannwoman; female servant; woman
6Old Englishmannperson; man meaning mankind; man meaning adult...
7Proto-West Germanicmannperson, human
8Proto-Germanic*mann-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
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