Where does “仙椎” come from?
仙椎 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 仙, from English cent, from Middle English cent, from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom.
仙椎 (Japanese): a sacral vertebra
Definitions
- a sacral vertebra
Ancestry of “仙椎”, step by step
仙椎 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 仙
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 仙 | a sage or hermit, an enlightened person, usually... |
| 2 | English | cent | A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of... |
| 3 | Middle English | cent | — |
| 4 | Old French | cent | one hundred |
| 5 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 6 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Japanese 椎
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 椎 | any tree of the genus "Castanopsis" |