Etymology of “Directory”
Tracing the origin and linguistic journey from English
Source language
English
Ancestry links
2
Descendants
6
Word Origin Summary
Directory is attested in English. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.
Ancestry Chain
Descendants and Related Terms
- директоријум
HBS · derived from
- direktorij
HBS · derived from
- ディレクトリ
Japanese · borrowed from
- direktorijum
HBS · derived from
- direktori
Cebuano · borrowed from
- direktori
Indonesian · borrowed from
What You Can Explore
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- 📅Historical timeline — when the word entered different languages
- 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root