Where does “コンビニ” come from?
コンビニ (Japanese) comes from Japanese コンビニエンスストア, from English convenience store, from English convenience, from Latin convenientia, from Latin convenīre, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
コンビニ (Japanese): convenience store (US); corner shop (UK); corner store (Canada, Australia)
Definitions
- convenience store (US); corner shop (UK); corner store (Canada, Australia)
Ancestry of “コンビニ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | コンビニエンスストア | a convenience store |
| 2 | English | convenience store | A small retail store, often in a residential... |
| 3 | English | convenience | The quality of being convenient; Any object that... |
| 4 | Latin | convenientia | accord, harmony, symmetry, agreement, conformity;... |
| 5 | Latin | convenīre | — |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |