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Where does “ウラヌス” come from?

ウラヌス (Japanese) comes from Latin Ūranus, from Ancient Greek οὐρανός, from Ancient Greek ϝορσανός.

Ancestry of “ウラヌス”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinŪranus—
2Ancient Greekοὐρανόςthe vaulted sky, on which the stars were attached...
3Ancient Greekϝορσανός—
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