Where does “ネッとも” come from?

ネッとも (Japanese) comes from Japanese ネット, from English Net, from Middle English net, from Anglo-Norman neit, from Old French net, from Vulgar Latin nittus, from Latin nitidus, from Latin nitere.

ネッとも (Japanese): friend online

Definitions

  1. friend online

Ancestry of “ネッとも”, step by step

ネッとも traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese ネット

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseネットa net
2EnglishNetthe Internet
3Middle Englishnetworthy, good, pure, fine, elegant
4Anglo-Normanneitgood, desireable, clean
5Old Frenchnetneat, decent
6Vulgar Latinnittus
7Latinnitidusshining, polished, glittering; handsome,...
8Latinniteresecond-person singular future active indicative...
9LatinniteoI am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanney-to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited
11Cebuano-hi

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesefriend
Every word from Cebuano -hiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ney-Every word from Latin niteo
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