Where does “romaji” come from?

romaji (Polish) comes from English romaji, from Japanese ローマ字, from Japanese ローマ, from Italian Roma, from Latin Rōma — Rome and/or Constantinople (the latter as "Nova Roma").

romaji (Polish): romaji

Definitions

  1. romaji

Ancestry of “romaji”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishromajiA representation of Japanese in Latin script
2Japaneseローマ字Latin alphabet; romaji
3JapaneseローマRome, Roman
4ItalianRomaRome
5LatinRōmaRome and/or Constantinople (the latter as "Nova Roma")
Every word from Latin Rōma →Every word from Italian Roma →Every word from Japanese ローマ →