Where does “ブラック企業” come from?
ブラック企業 (Japanese) comes from Japanese ブラック, from English Black, from Old French blanc, from Late Latin blancus, from Frankish blank, from Proto-Germanic *blank, from Proto-Germanic blankaz, from Proto-Indo-European bhleg- — to shine, white; to shine, burn, scorch.
ブラック企業 (Japanese): "black company"; an exploitative firm that abuses employees or offers poor working conditions
Definitions
- "black company"; an exploitative firm that abuses employees or offers poor working conditions
Ancestry of “ブラック企業”, step by step
ブラック企業 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese ブラック
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ブラック | black; a black; Short for ブラックコーヒー |
| 2 | English | Black | Alternative letter-case form of black |
| 3 | Old French | blanc | white |
| 4 | Late Latin | blancus | white |
| 5 | Frankish | blank | bright; gleaming, white, blinding; bright,... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *blank | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | blankaz | bright, shining, white, gleaming, blinding |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bhleg- | to shine, white; to shine, burn, scorch |
via Japanese 企業
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 企業 | enterprise; undertaking; corporation |