Where does “ショッピング” come from?

ショッピング (Japanese) comes from English shopping, from English shop, from Middle English shoppe, from Old English sċeoppa, from Proto-Germanic skupp-, from Proto-Indo-European skub-.

ショッピング (Japanese): shopping; go shopping, shop

Definitions

  1. shopping; go shopping, shop

Ancestry of “ショッピング”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishshoppingpresent participle of shop; The process of buying...
2EnglishshopAn establishment that sells goods or services to...
3Middle Englishshoppe—
4Old Englishsċeoppa—
5Proto-Germanicskupp-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskub-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skub- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skupp- →Every word from Old English sċeoppa →