Where does “ママチャリ” come from?
ママチャリ (Japanese) comes from Japanese チャリ, from Japanese チャリオット, from English chariot, from Old French chariot, from Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros, from Proto-Celtic karros, from Proto-Indo-European ḱr̥sós — to run.
ママチャリ (Japanese): a women's city bicycle, a kind of everyday urban...
Definitions
- a women's city bicycle, a kind of everyday urban...
Ancestry of “ママチャリ”, step by step
ママチャリ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese チャリ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | チャリ | a bicycle |
| 2 | Japanese | チャリオット | a chariot: a horse-drawn vehicle with two wheels... |
| 3 | English | chariot | A two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle, used in Bronze... |
| 4 | Old French | chariot | — |
| 5 | Latin | carrus | a wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload,... |
| 6 | Gaulish | karros | wagon |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | karros | wagon |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱr̥sós | vehicle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |