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Where does “ドビュッシー” come from?

ドビュッシー (Japanese) comes from French Debussy, from English bussy, from English bus, from English omnibus, from French omnibus, from Latin omnibus, from Latin omnis, from Proto-Italic opnis — to work, toil, make; ability, force.

Ancestry of “ドビュッシー”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchDebussy—
2Englishbussybus driver; transmasculine vulva; male anus
3EnglishbusA motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of...
4EnglishomnibusA vehicle set up to carry many people; An...
5FrenchomnibusPertaining to a local; omnibus, bus
6Latinomnibusdative masculine plural of omnis; dative feminine...
7Latinomnisevery; all
8Proto-Italicopnis—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ep-ni-sworking
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ep-to work, toil, make; ability, force
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