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

ジン traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English gin

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

via German sinn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansinnsingular imperative of sinnen
2Middle High Germansīnto be, become
3Old High Germansīnhis; to be
4Proto-West Germanicsinnsense, perception; sense, meaning; reason, mental...
5Proto-Germanicsinnazsense, perception; sense, meaning
6Proto-Indo-Europeansentnós
7Proto-Indo-Europeansent-to head for, to go, to travel; to feel
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be

via Arabic جِنّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicجِنّjinns; jinn, spirit, demon; jinn, demon
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁osEvery word from Proto-Italic genos
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