Etymology Explorer › Japanese

Where does “PS” come from?

PS (Japanese) comes from German Pferdestärke, from German Pferd, from Middle High German phert, from Old High German pfarifrit, from Old High German parafred, from Latin paraverēdus, from Ancient Greek παρά, from Latin verēdus.

Ancestry of “PS”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPferdestärkehorsepower
2GermanPferdhorse; knight
3Middle High Germanphert—
4Old High Germanpfarifrithorse
5Old High Germanparafred—
6Latinparaverēdus—
7Ancient Greekπαρά
8Latinverēdus—
9Gaulishwerēdoshorse
10Proto-Celtic*uɸoreidos—
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