Where does “ライセンス” come from?

ライセンス (Japanese) comes from English license, from English ls — Initialism of letterspacing; plural of l.

ライセンス (Japanese): license (US), licence (UK)

Definitions

  1. license (US), licence (UK)

Ancestry of “ライセンス”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlicenseA legal document giving official permission to do...
2EnglishlsInitialism of letterspacing; plural of l
Every word from English ls →