Where does “ドラ” come from?
ドラ (Japanese) comes from Japanese ドラゴン, from English dragon, from English drag queen, from English Queen, from Middle English quene, from Old English cwene, from Old English cwēn, from Proto-West Germanic kwāni — woman.
ドラ (Japanese): dora; tiles that provide bonus score multiplier points in a winning hand, indicated by one or multiple face-up tiles in the
Definitions
- dora; tiles that provide bonus score multiplier points in a winning hand, indicated by one or multiple face-up tiles in the
Ancestry of “ドラ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ドラゴン | a dragon |
| 2 | English | dragon | A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature; An... |
| 3 | English | drag queen | A person, usually male, who dresses up in women's... |
| 4 | English | Queen | A title used before the personal name of a queen |
| 5 | Middle English | quene | A queen; Any powerful woman noble; A female... |
| 6 | Old English | cwene | a woman; inflection of cwēn: ##... |
| 7 | Old English | cwēn | queen; woman, wife, queen |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | kwāni | woman, wife |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kwēniz | wife |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷḗn | woman |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷen- | woman |