Etymology Explorer › Japanese

Where does “ジン” come from?

ジン (Japanese) comes from English gin, from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

ジン (Japanese): gin; Short for ジン・ラミー; a jinn

Definitions

  1. gin; Short for ジン・ラミー; a jinn

Ancestry of “ジン”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishginA colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by...
2Old Frenchenginintelligence; ruse; trickery; deception;...
3Latiningeniuminnate or natural quality, natural character;...
4Latingigneresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5Latingenereablative singular of genus; to beget, produce
6Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
7Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →