Where does “オーストラリア英語” come from?
オーストラリア英語 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 英語, from Chinese 英語, from Chinese 英格蘭, from English England, from Middle English Engelond, from Old English Engla land, from Old English land, from Proto-West Germanic land — land, heath; loins.
オーストラリア英語 (Japanese): Australian English
Definitions
- Australian English
Ancestry of “オーストラリア英語”, step by step
オーストラリア英語 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 英語
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 英語 | the English language |
| 2 | Chinese | 英語 | English language |
| 3 | Chinese | 英格蘭 | — |
| 4 | English | England | The territory of the Angles and (later) Anglo-Saxons in Britain at any given time before the founding of the Kingdom of England, or the territory of the English people at any given time, in either the Kingdom of England or the United Kingdom |
| 5 | Middle English | Engelond | — |
| 6 | Old English | Engla land | land of the Angles |
| 7 | Old English | land | land; a country; region within a country:... |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | land | land, area of ground |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |
via Japanese オーストラリア
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | オーストラリア | Australia |
| 2 | English | Australia | — |
| 3 | Latin | terra austrālis incōgnita | — |
| 4 | Latin | auster | The south wind; south |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *austeros | — |