Where does “英国人” come from?
英国人 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 英国, from Chinese 英國, from Chinese 英, from Chinese 英格蘭, from English England, from Middle English Engelond, from Old English Engla land, from Old English land — land, heath; loins.
英国人 (Japanese): A British person; a Briton; British people
Definitions
- A British person; a Briton; British people
Ancestry of “英国人”, step by step
英国人 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 英国
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 英国 | Britain |
| 2 | Chinese | 英國 | {{l|en|United Kingdom}} |
| 3 | Chinese | 英 | — |
| 4 | Chinese | 英格蘭 | — |
| 5 | English | England | The territory of the Angles and (later) Anglo-Saxons in Britain at any given time before the founding of the Kingdom of England, or the territory of the English people at any given time, in either the Kingdom of England or the United Kingdom |
| 6 | Middle English | Engelond | — |
| 7 | Old English | Engla land | land of the Angles |
| 8 | Old English | land | land; a country; region within a country:... |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | land | land, area of ground |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |