Where does “ストップウォッチ” come from?
ストップウォッチ (Japanese) comes from English stopwatch, from English watch, from English puppy, from English puppie, from Middle French poupée, from Old French poupée, from Latin pupa, from Latin pupus — few, little; smallness.
ストップウォッチ (Japanese): stopwatch
Definitions
- stopwatch
Ancestry of “ストップウォッチ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stopwatch | A timepiece designed to measure the amount of... |
| 2 | English | watch | A portable or wearable timepiece; The act of... |
| 3 | English | puppy | A young dog, especially before sexual maturity; A... |
| 4 | English | puppie | Obsolete form of puppy |
| 5 | Middle French | poupée | doll, toy |
| 6 | Old French | poupée | — |
| 7 | Latin | pupa | girl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa |
| 8 | Latin | pupus | a boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |