Where does “シングルス” come from?
シングルス (Japanese) comes from English singles, from English single, from Middle English single, from Old French sengle, from Late Latin cingula, from Latin Cingulum, from Latin -ulum, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
シングルス (Japanese): singles
Definitions
- singles
Ancestry of “シングルス”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | singles | Of or pertaining to unmarried people; plural of... |
| 2 | English | single | Not accompanied by anything else; one in number;... |
| 3 | Middle English | single | — |
| 4 | Old French | sengle | single; alone; alone; in an unaccompanied way |
| 5 | Late Latin | cingula | nominative/accusative/vocative plural of cingulum |
| 6 | Latin | Cingulum | situated on a lofty hill, now Cingoli |
| 7 | Latin | -ulum | Used to form a noun of instrument or means from a... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |