Where does “軽トラック” come from?
軽トラック (Japanese) comes from Japanese トラック, from English drug, from Middle English drogge, from Middle French drogue, from Old French drogue, from Old French drocgue, from Middle Dutch drôge, from Old Dutch drōgi — to support; to hold.
軽トラック (Japanese): kei truck, Japanese mini truck
Definitions
- kei truck, Japanese mini truck
Ancestry of “軽トラック”, step by step
軽トラック traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese トラック
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | トラック | lorry (UK), truck (US) vehicle |
| 2 | English | drug | A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a... |
| 3 | Middle English | drogge | medicine |
| 4 | Middle French | drogue | drug |
| 5 | Old French | drogue | — |
| 6 | Old French | drocgue | — |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | drôge | dry |
| 8 | Old Dutch | drōgi | dry |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | *draugī | dry |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | draugiz | hard, solid; dry |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰerǵʰ- | to strengthen; to strengthen; become hard; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |
via Japanese 軽
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 軽 | Abbreviation of 軽自動車; light, easy; lightweight |
| 2 | Japanese | 軽自動車 | a light vehicle, kei car, city car, specifically a four-wheeled passenger vehicle with engine displacement less than 660 cubic centimeters |
| 3 | Japanese | 自動車 | automobile, car, motorcar |
| 4 | Japanese | 自動 | automatic movement, automatic functioning;... |
| 5 | Japanese | 自動詞 | intransitive verb |
| 6 | Japanese | 詞 | word; word; part of speech |
| 7 | Middle Chinese | 詞 | — |