English
ramune
Ramune comes from Japanese ラムネ ‘a type of carbonated soft drink’, from レモネード ‘lemonade’, and ultimately from Sanskrit निम्बू.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEनिम्बू‘the common lime or lemon’
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentلیموlīmū, līmō‘lemon’
- Arabicc. 500–presentلَيْمُون‘lemon (fruit)’
- Italianc. 1300–presentlimóne‘lemon’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentlimon‘lemon’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentlimonade‘lemonade’
- en-USmodernlemonade
- Japanesemodernレモネードremonēdo‘lemonade’
- Japanese, derivedmodernラムネramune‘a type of carbonated soft drink’
- Englishearliest quotation 2021ramune
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEनिम्बू‘the common lime or lemon’
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentلیموlīmū, līmō‘lemon’
- Arabicc. 500–presentلَيْمُون‘lemon (fruit)’
- Italianc. 1300–presentlimóne‘lemon’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentlimon‘lemon’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentlimonade‘lemonade’
- en-USmodernlemonade
- Japanesemodernレモネードremonēdo‘lemonade’
- Japanese, derivedmodernラムネramune‘a type of carbonated soft drink’
- Englishearliest quotation 2021ramune
Earliest quotation: 2021, Jeanne Jacob, Food Cultures of Japan: Recipes: “There are two classic Japanese soda drinks from the…”
Linked words
through Sanskrit निम्बू ‘the common lime or lemon’
through Arabic لَيْمُون ‘lemon (fruit)’
through French limonade ‘lemonade’
Today it means
noun A type of Japanese carbonated soft drink generally bottled in a Codd-neck bottle.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit निम्बू / ramune