Where does “ビットレート” come from?

ビットレート (Japanese) comes from English bitrate, from English rate, from French rate, from French rat, from Middle French rat, from Old French rat, from Old High German rato, from Proto-Germanic ratō — to scrape.

ビットレート (Japanese): bitrate

Definitions

  1. bitrate

Ancestry of “ビットレート”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbitrateThe frequency at which bits pass a given...
2EnglishrateThe worth of something; value; The proportional...
3Frenchratespleen; female equivalent of rat; female rat;...
4Frenchratrat; sweetheart; scrooch
5Middle Frenchratrat
6Old Frenchratrat rodent
7Old High Germanratorat
8Proto-Germanicratō
9Proto-Germanicrattazrat
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d-