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
- don mafia boss
Ancestry of “ドン”, step by step
ドン traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian don
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | don | Father; A title of respect to a man |
| 2 | Russian | Дон | don |
| 3 | Spanish | Don | title of respect for a man |
| 4 | Latin | dom | — |
| 5 | Latin | domnus | lord; master |
| 6 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 7 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |