Where does “コモド大蜥蜴” come from?

コモド大蜥蜴 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 大蜥蜴, from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.

コモド大蜥蜴 (Japanese): a Komodo dragon

Definitions

  1. a Komodo dragon

Ancestry of “コモド大蜥蜴”, step by step

コモド大蜥蜴 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 大蜥蜴

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese大蜥蜴a monitor lizard
2Japanese大big, large; the large part of; arch-
3Old Japanese大big, large; large
4Proto-Japonicəpəbig, large; many

via Japanese コモド

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseコモドKomodo
2IndonesianKomodo—
Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →