Where does “ゴンドラ” come from?

ゴンドラ (Japanese) comes from Italian gondola, from Venetian góndoła, from Greek κοντούρα, from Italian contorno, from French contour, from French contourner, from Vulgar Latin contornare, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.

ゴンドラ (Japanese): a gondola; a gondola, a cablecar

Definitions

  1. a gondola; a gondola, a cablecar

Ancestry of “ゴンドラ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangondolagondola; nacelle; pod
2Venetiangóndołagondola
3Greekκοντούραthe finish of a design; outline
4Italiancontornocontour, outline; vegetables; first-person...
5Frenchcontourcontour
6Frenchcontournerto circumvent, to bypass, to skirt around; to...
7Vulgar Latincontornare
8Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
9Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
10Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt
14Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
15Old High Germankuti
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic kwidu