Where does “ドン” come from?

ドン (Japanese) comes from Italian don, from Russian Дон, from Spanish Don, from Latin dom, from Latin domnus, from Latin Dominus, from Latin domus, from Proto-Italic domos — to build; to arrange, to put together.

ドン (Japanese): don mafia boss

Definitions

  1. don mafia boss

Ancestry of “ドン”, step by step

ドン traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian don

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItaliandonFather; A title of respect to a man
2RussianДонdon
3SpanishDontitle of respect for a man
4Latindom
5Latindomnuslord; master
6LatinDominusthe Lord; Lord; The Lord
7Latindomushouse, home; any building or abode; native place,...
8Proto-Italicdomoshouse, home
9Proto-Indo-Europeandṓmhome; house
10Proto-Indo-Europeandem-to build; to arrange, to put together

via Vietnamese đồng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđồngfield; medium; sorcerer; copper
2Vietnameseđấtearth; soil; dirt; land
3Proto-Vietictət

Words derived from “ドン

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dem-
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