Where does “ユニコード” come from?

ユニコード (Japanese) comes from English unicode, from English code, from Middle English code, from Old English codd, from Proto-Germanic kuddô, from Proto-Indo-European gewt-, from Proto-Indo-European gū- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

ユニコード (Japanese): Unicode

Definitions

  1. Unicode

Ancestry of “ユニコード”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunicodeA series of character encoding standards intended to support the characters used by a large number of the world’s languages
2EnglishcodeA short symbol, often with little relation to the...
3Middle EnglishcodeAny kind of plant gum; a gummy or resinous...
4Old Englishcoddbag; sack; husk
5Proto-Germanickuddôbag; pod; sack; purse
6Proto-Indo-Europeangewt-sack; pouch; pouch, sack
7Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-