Where does “ロンドン” come from?

ロンドン (Japanese) comes from English London, from Middle English London, from Old English Lunden, from Latin Londinium, from Proto-Celtic *Londinyom, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.

ロンドン (Japanese): London

Definitions

  1. London

Ancestry of “ロンドン”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLondonSituated on the tidal River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000
2Middle EnglishLondon—
3Old EnglishLundenLondon
4LatinLondiniumLondon
5Proto-Celtic*Londinyom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlendʰ-land, heath; loins

Words derived from “ロンドン”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Celtic *Londinyom →Every word from Latin Londinium →