Where does “ボビン” come from?

ボビン (Japanese) comes from English bobbin, from French bobine, from Latin balbus, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

ボビン (Japanese): bobbin

Definitions

  1. bobbin

Ancestry of “ボビン”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbobbinA spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled;...
2Frenchbobinebobbin; reel, spool; drum
3Latinbalbusstammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Latin balbus →Every word from French bobine →