Where does “ディー” come from?

ディー (Japanese) comes from English Dee, from English do, from English ditto, from Italian ditto, from Italian detto, from Latin dictus, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

ディー (Japanese): The name of the Latin-script letter D

Definitions

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter D

Ancestry of “ディー”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDeeRiver Dee
2EnglishdoA syntactic marker
3EnglishdittoThat which was stated before, the aforesaid, the...
4Italianditto
5Italiandettopast participle of dire; past participle of...
6Latindictussaid, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been...
7Latindīcōto say, talk, speak, utter, mention
8Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
9Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
10Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
11Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
12Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
13Latincalceusshoe
14Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
15Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ