Where does “メロンパン” come from?
メロンパン (Japanese) comes from Japanese パン, from English PAN, from English pantograph, from French pantographe, from French -graphe, from Latin -graphus, from Ancient Greek -γράφος, from Ancient Greek γράφω — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
メロンパン (Japanese): A melon-shaped (and sometimes also melon-flavored) bun in Japanese cuisine; melonpan
Definitions
- A melon-shaped (and sometimes also melon-flavored) bun in Japanese cuisine; melonpan
Ancestry of “メロンパン”, step by step
メロンパン traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese パン
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | パン | bread; a pan; a pan shot |
| 2 | English | PAN | Acronym of primary account number; Acronym of... |
| 3 | English | pantograph | A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms... |
| 4 | French | pantographe | pantograph |
| 5 | French | -graphe | -graph; -grapher |
| 6 | Latin | -graphus | graph |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -γράφος | writer, painter |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via Japanese メロン
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | メロン | melon |
| 2 | English | melon | Any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae... |
| 3 | Old French | melon | melon (fruit) |
| 4 | Latin | melonem | accusative singular of mēlō |
| 5 | Latin | melopeponem | A type of pumpkin |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μηλοπέπων | melon, "Cucumis melo" |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πέπων | ripe, softened; good, sweet, kind; weak, cowardly |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |