Where does “セミコロン” come from?
セミコロン (Japanese) comes from English semicolon, from English colón, from French côlon, from French colonel, from Middle French coronel, from Italian colonnello, from Italian -ello, from Latin -ellus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
セミコロン (Japanese): a semicolon
Definitions
- a semicolon
Ancestry of “セミコロン”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | semicolon | The punctuation mark ";" |
| 2 | English | colón | The currency of Costa Rica, divided into 100... |
| 3 | French | côlon | colon |
| 4 | French | colonel | A colonel, highest commissioned officer below... |
| 5 | Middle French | coronel | — |
| 6 | Italian | colonnello | colonel |
| 7 | Italian | -ello | Alterative suffix used to form... |
| 8 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 9 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |