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
- bitrate
Ancestry of “ビットレート”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bitrate | The frequency at which bits pass a given... |
| 2 | English | rate | The worth of something; value; The proportional... |
| 3 | French | rate | spleen; female equivalent of rat; female rat;... |
| 4 | French | rat | rat; sweetheart; scrooch |
| 5 | Middle French | rat | rat |
| 6 | Old French | rat | rat rodent |
| 7 | Old High German | rato | rat |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ratō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | rattaz | rat |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₃d- | to scrape |