Where does “在留カード” come from?
在留カード (Japanese) comes from Japanese カード, from English card, from Middle English carde, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, from Italian carta — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
在留カード (Japanese): Residence card, Zairyu Card
Definitions
- Residence card, Zairyu Card
Ancestry of “在留カード”, step by step
在留カード traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese カード
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | カード | card; playing card; curd |
| 2 | English | card | A playing card; Any game using playing cards; a... |
| 3 | Middle English | carde | playing card |
| 4 | Old French | carte | Alternative form of chartre |
| 5 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 6 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 7 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 8 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 9 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Japanese 在留
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 在留 | living in a certain place, particularly in a foreign country, for a certain non-permanent period of time; residence |