Where does “コペルニクス” come from?

コペルニクス (Japanese) comes from Latin Copernicus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

コペルニクス (Japanese): Copernicus

Definitions

  1. Copernicus

Ancestry of “コペルニクス”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCopernicusThe star ρ1 Cancri in the constellation Cancer
2Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
3Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
4Proto-Italic-os
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ósEvery word from Latin -usEvery word from Latin Copernicus