Where does “ペースメーカー” come from?

ペースメーカー (Japanese) comes from English pacemaker, from English maker, from Middle English maker, from Middle English maken, from Old English macian, from Emilian mâcia, from Latin Macula, from Proto-Indo-European smh₁-tleh₂ — smear, rub.

ペースメーカー (Japanese): pacemaker medical implement

Definitions

  1. pacemaker medical implement

Ancestry of “ペースメーカー”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpacemakerOne who sets the pace in a race, to guide the...
2EnglishmakerSomeone who makes; a person or thing that makes...
3Middle EnglishmakerGod as creator of all; Someone who makes; a...
4Middle EnglishmakenTo make or create; to have something made
5Old Englishmacianto make
6Emilianmâciaspot, stain
7LatinMacula—
8Proto-Indo-Europeansmh₁-tleh₂—
9Proto-Indo-Europeansmeh₁-smear, rub
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European smh₁-tleh₂ →Every word from Latin Macula →