köken: Blend of courrier (“mail”) + électronique (“electronic”). A portmanteau word created in French-speaking Canada around 1994. Might have been coined by terminologist André Clas.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seyb-? Proto-Germanic *saipǭbor. Latin sāpōbor. Ancient Greek σάπων (sápōn)bor. Classical Syriac ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܵܐ (ṣappōnā)bor. Arabic صابون From Aramaic צַפּוֹן / ܨܦܘܢ (ṣappōn), from Ancient Greek σάπων (sápōn), from Latin sāpōnem, accusative of sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.
köken: Borrowed from Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn), from Aramaic צַפּוֹן / ܨܦܘܢ (ṣappōn), from Ancient Greek σάπων (sápōn), Latin sāpōnem, accusative of sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ. Cognate with Azerbaijani sabun, Khakas сабын (sabın), etc.
köken: Borrowed from Portuguese sabão, or from Early Modern Spanish jabón, from Old Spanish xabon. The initial sh- in the Japanese term suggests that Spanish might be the more likely source, considering historical pronunciation patterns. Cognate to Okinawan サフン (safun), and distantly to English soap.
aile: シャボン玉, or the soapbark, soap bark tree, Vigna angularis
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seyb-? Proto-Germanic *saipǭbor. Latin sāpōbor. Ancient Greek σάπων (sápōn)bor. Classical Syriac ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܵܐ (ṣappōnā)bor. Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn)bor. Classical Persian صَابُون (sābūn)bor. ▲ Portuguese sabãoinflu.? Hindi साबुन Borrowed from Classical Persian صَابُون (sābūn). Possibly influenced by Portuguese sabão, from the same source.
email, electronic mail (system for transferring messages from one computer to another) · email (message) · ellipsis of sähköpostiosoite (“email address”)
çekim: çoğul sähköpostit · tamlayan sähköpostin
köken: sähkö- (“electric, electronic”) + posti (“mail”); calque of English electronic mail.
köken: Inherited from Latin sāpōnem, accusative singular of sāpō, taken from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ. Less likely through the intermediate of Greek σαπούνι (sapoúni). Compare Aromanian sãpuni, sãpune.