Where does “ディレクトリ” come from?

ディレクトリ (Japanese) comes from English directory, from Middle English directorie, from Medieval Latin directorium — A transport route.

ディレクトリ (Japanese): a directory

Definitions

  1. a directory

Ancestry of “ディレクトリ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdirectoryA list of names, addresses etc, of specific...
2Middle Englishdirectorie—
3Medieval LatindirectoriumA transport route
Every word from Medieval Latin directorium →Every word from Middle English directorie →Every word from English directory →