Where does “キャディー” come from?
キャディー (Japanese) comes from English Caddy, from English caddie, from Scots caddie, from French cadet, from French capdet, from Latin capitellum, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
キャディー (Japanese): a caddy
Definitions
- a caddy
Ancestry of “キャディー”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Caddy | A Cadillac car |
| 2 | English | caddie | A golfer's assistant and adviser; Alternative... |
| 3 | Scots | caddie | caddie; A youth or boy who does odd jobs |
| 4 | French | cadet | youngest; cadet, student officer; junior... |
| 5 | French | capdet | chief, captain |
| 6 | Latin | capitellum | small head; capital or chapiter of a column |
| 7 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |