ピント
Japanese
Etymology
From Dutch brandpunt.[1][2][3] Originally borrowed as ブランドピュント (burandopyunto) as listed in the 1861 edition of 写真鏡図説 (Shashinkyō Zusetsu, “The Illustrated Camera”) by Yanagawa Shunsan (1832–1870)[4], and later shortened to just ピント (pinto).
Pronunciation
Noun
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 1861, Yanagawa Shunsan, 写真鏡図説 (Shashinkyō Zusetsu, “The Illustrated Camera”), text here on left side of left-hand page (accessed 2018-12-13)