Where does “コナミコマンド” come from?

コナミコマンド (Japanese) comes from Japanese コマンド, from English command, from French commander, from Middle French commander, from Old French comander, from Latin commandō, from Latin commendō, from Latin cōn- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

コナミコマンド (Japanese): Konami Code

Definitions

  1. Konami Code

Ancestry of “コナミコマンド”, step by step

コナミコマンド traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese コマンド

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseコマンドcommand; commando
2EnglishcommandAn order to do something; The right or authority...
3Frenchcommanderto order
4Middle Frenchcommanderto command
5Old Frenchcomanderto command, to implore; to request, to ask for;...
6Latincommandōto chew
7Latincommendōto commend, entrust to, commit
8Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
9Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
10Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
11Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt
15Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
16Old High Germankuti
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin
19Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
20Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Japanese Konami]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseKonami]]

via Japanese コナミ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseコナミ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-Every word from Latin cōn-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-