Where does “メンテナンス” come from?
メンテナンス (Japanese) comes from English maintenance, from Middle English mayntenaunce, from Old French maintenance, from Old French maintenir, from Vulgar Latin manuteneo, from Latin manu, from Latin manus, from Proto-Italic manus — human being; man; hand.
メンテナンス (Japanese): maintenance
Ancestry of “メンテナンス”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | maintenance | Actions performed to keep some machine or system... |
| 2 | Middle English | mayntenaunce | — |
| 3 | Old French | maintenance | — |
| 4 | Old French | maintenir | to maintain |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | manuteneo | I support, maintain |
| 6 | Latin | manu | ablative singular of manus; by hand; with the... |
| 7 | Latin | manus | hand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | manus | hand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | man- | human being; man; hand |