köken: Etymology tree Akkadian napṭumbor.? Old Persian *naftahbor. Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha)bor. Latin naphthabor. English naphthabor. Japanese ナフサ Borrowed from English naphtha.
köken: Etymology tree Akkadian napṭumbor.? Old Persian *naftahbor. Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha)bor. Latin naphthabor. English naphthabor. Korean 나프타 Borrowed from English naphtha.
köken: jakaa (“to divide”) + -e. Attested in Mikael Agricola's translation of the New Testament, where it is used in the plural to refer to pagan rites as an explanatory note for Romans 12(:6). Senses related to division are from the late 19th century; first use pertaining to Biblical verses from circa 1916.