Where does “フリゲート” come from?

フリゲート (Japanese) comes from English frigate, from French frégate, from Italian fregata, from Latin aphractus, from Ancient Greek ἄφρακτος, from Ancient Greek φράκτης, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα — passed , crossed.

フリゲート (Japanese): frigate

Definitions

  1. frigate

Ancestry of “フリゲート”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfrigateAn obsolete type of sailing warship with a single...
2Frenchfrégatefrigate; frigatebird; first-person singular...
3Italianfregatarub, polish; rip-off; feminine singular of...
4LatinaphractusAn open boat
5Ancient Greekἄφρακτοςunfenced, unfortified, unguarded
6Ancient Greekφράκτηςsluice with gates
7Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
8Ancient Greekπεῖραtrial, experiment, attempt
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós
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