Where does “ホッチキス” come from?
ホッチキス (Japanese) comes from English Hotchkiss, from English Hodgkins, from English Hodgkin, from English Roger, from Spanish Rodríguez, from Spanish -ez, from Latin -ities, from Latin -itia — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
ホッチキス (Japanese): a stapler
Definitions
- a stapler
Ancestry of “ホッチキス”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Hotchkiss | A place name |
| 2 | English | Hodgkins | named after Jefferson Hodgkins |
| 3 | English | Hodgkin | — |
| 4 | English | Roger | dialectal nickname for the Devil |
| 5 | Spanish | Rodríguez | son of Rodrigo |
| 6 | Spanish | -ez | A suffix forming many Spanish surnames; A suffix... |
| 7 | Latin | -ities | Alternative form of -iēs |
| 8 | Latin | -itia | -ness, -ity |
| 9 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 10 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |