Where does “ファイバー光学” come from?
ファイバー光学 (Japanese) comes from Japanese ファイバー, from English fiber, from French fibre, from German Fiber, from Italian fibra, from Spanish fibra, from Portuguese fibra, from Latin fibra — bee.
ファイバー光学 (Japanese): fiber optics (US), fibre optics (UK)
Definitions
- fiber optics (US), fibre optics (UK)
Ancestry of “ファイバー光学”, step by step
ファイバー光学 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese ファイバー
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ファイバー | fiber (US), fibre (UK) |
| 2 | English | fiber | A single elongated piece of a given material,... |
| 3 | French | fibre | fibre |
| 4 | German | Fiber | — |
| 5 | Italian | fibra | fiber, fibre |
| 6 | Spanish | fibra | fiber; fiber; dietary fiber; fiberglass |
| 7 | Portuguese | fibra | fibre |
| 8 | Latin | fibra | fiber, filament |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |
via Japanese 光学
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 光学 | optics |
| 2 | Japanese | 光 | a physically perceived light; a metaphorical... |
| 3 | Japanese | 光る | to shine, gleam, glitter; to shine, stand out, be... |
via English fiber optics
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fiber optics | Alternative form of fibre optics |