Where does “ヤード・ポンド法” come from?
ヤード・ポンド法 (Japanese) comes from Japanese ヤード, from English Yard, from English milliard, from French milliard, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione.
ヤード・ポンド法 (Japanese): the imperial system
Definitions
- the imperial system
Ancestry of “ヤード・ポンド法”, step by step
ヤード・ポンド法 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese ヤード
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ヤード | yard |
| 2 | English | Yard | Scotland Yard or New Scotland Yard |
| 3 | English | milliard | 10, a thousand million |
| 4 | French | milliard | A milliard |
| 5 | French | million | million, 10 |
| 6 | Middle French | million | million, 10 |
| 7 | Old French | millon | — |
| 8 | Italian | milione | million |
| 9 | Italian | mille | thousand |
| 10 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |
via Japanese ポンド
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ポンド | pound (various national former/current currency) |
| 2 | Dutch | pond | unit of mass, often broadly similar to 500 grams;... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | pont | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | punt | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | pundą | pound |
| 6 | Latin | pondus | weight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pondos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pénd-os | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
via Japanese 法
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 法 | principle; law; code of law |
| 2 | French | Franc | Frank |
| 3 | Middle French | franc | franc; noble |
| 4 | Old French | Franc | French |
| 5 | Latin | francus | franc; a Frenchman; Frank, of or pertaining to... |
| 6 | Frankish | frank | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | frankô | spear, javelin; a Frank |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | prAng- | pole, stalk |