maíz (English spelling)

Japanese: maíz(英語表記)maiz
maíz (English spelling)

… [Yamamoto Norio]
[propagation]
It was Columbus's party that first brought corn, native to the New World, to the Old World. The Spanish word maíz, meaning corn, comes from the language of the native land that Columbus' men heard when they acquired corn in Cuba, and in English it is called maize, and in French it is called maïs. After the first half of the 16th century, corn spread through the Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean region to Eastern Europe and North Africa.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "maíz" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【山本 紀夫】
[伝播]
 新大陸原産のトウモロコシを旧大陸に初めてもたらしたのはコロンブスの一行であった。スペイン語でトウモロコシを意味するマイスmaízの語は,コロンブスの部下がキューバでトウモロコシを入手した際に聞いた原地のことばに由来し,英語ではメーズmaize,フランス語ではマイスmaïsの語があてられる。トウモロコシは16世紀前半以降イベリア半島,地中海地方をへて東ヨーロッパや北アフリカにも普及した。…

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