Where does “メジャー” come from?

メジャー (Japanese) comes from English measure, from Middle English mesure, from Old French mesure, from Latin mēnsūra, from Latin mētior, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

メジャー (Japanese): a tape measure

Definitions

  1. a tape measure

Ancestry of “メジャー”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmeasureA prescribed quantity or extent; The act or...
2Middle Englishmesure—
3Old Frenchmesure—
4Latinmēnsūrameasure; a measuring
5Latinmētiorto measure or estimate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Latin mētior →Every word from Latin mēnsūra →