Where does “人間ドック” come from?
人間ドック (Japanese) comes from Japanese ドック, from English dock, from Dutch dok, from Middle Dutch docke, from Italian doccia, from Italian doccione, from Latin ductiō, from Latin -tiō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
人間ドック (Japanese): health screening
Definitions
- health screening
Ancestry of “人間ドック”, step by step
人間ドック traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese ドック
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ドック | dock structure |
| 2 | English | dock | Any of the genus "Rumex" of coarse weedy plants... |
| 3 | Dutch | dok | dock |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | docke | a doll; channel |
| 5 | Italian | doccia | shower; drainpipe; plaster cast |
| 6 | Italian | doccione | spout (for water); gargoyle |
| 7 | Latin | ductiō | leading (away) |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |