Where does “鍵盤ハーモニカ” come from?
鍵盤ハーモニカ (Japanese) comes from Japanese ハーモニカ, from English harmonica, from Italian armonica, from English armonica, from Italian armonia, from French harmonium, from French harmonie, from Latin harmonia — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
鍵盤ハーモニカ (Japanese): a melodica
Definitions
- a melodica
Ancestry of “鍵盤ハーモニカ”, step by step
鍵盤ハーモニカ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese ハーモニカ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ハーモニカ | a harmonica |
| 2 | English | harmonica | a musical wind instrument with a series of holes... |
| 3 | Italian | armonica | armonica, glass harmonica; harmonica, mouth... |
| 4 | English | armonica | A musical instrument made of blown-glass bowls... |
| 5 | Italian | armonia | harmony |
| 6 | French | harmonium | harmonium |
| 7 | French | harmonie | harmony |
| 8 | Latin | harmonia | harmony, concordance of sounds; music, singing,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἁρμονία | Harmonia |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via Japanese 鍵盤
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 鍵盤 | keyboard |