Where does “エキス” come from?
エキス (Japanese) comes from Japanese エキストラクト, from English extract, from Latin extractum, from Latin extractus, from Latin extrāhō, from Latin trahō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵʰ- — to drag, draw, pull; to draw, drag.
エキス (Japanese): extract
Ancestry of “エキス”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | エキストラクト | — |
| 2 | English | extract | Something that is extracted or drawn out; A... |
| 3 | Latin | extractum | extract |
| 4 | Latin | extractus | extracted, removed, eradicated, prolonged |
| 5 | Latin | extrāhō | — |
| 6 | Latin | trahō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰreǵʰ- | to drag, draw, pull; to draw, drag |