Where does “ビューファインダー” come from?
ビューファインダー (Japanese) comes from English viewfinder, from English finder, from German Finder, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
ビューファインダー (Japanese): viewfinder
Definitions
- viewfinder
Ancestry of “ビューファインダー”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | viewfinder | A device on a camera that shows what will appear... |
| 2 | English | finder | One who finds or discovers something; An optical... |
| 3 | German | Finder | finder |
| 4 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 5 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 8 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |