Where does “フラン” come from?
フラン (Japanese) comes from English furan, from English furfural, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل — kohl, antimony paste.
フラン (Japanese): franc; A flan, a crème caramel; furan
Definitions
- franc; A flan, a crème caramel; furan
Ancestry of “フラン”, step by step
フラン traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English furan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | furan | Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds... |
| 2 | English | furfural | A heterocyclic aldehyde derivative of furan; it... |
| 3 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 4 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 5 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 6 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 7 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 8 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 9 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 10 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |
via French flan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | flan | baked custard tart; coin die |
| 2 | Old French | flaon | flan |
| 3 | Late Latin | fladonem | — |
| 4 | Latin | fladō | — |
| 5 | Frankish | flaþō | flat-cake; flat cake; thin fried batter cake,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₂t- | broad, flat |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |