Etymology

Etymology. Defined by Merriam-Webster's dictionary, Etymology is:

"the history of a linguistic form (as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language"

As we all know, in anime and manga, authors frequently make use of puns and words tracing back to many cultures and civilizations. To supplement this statement, this page shall list the etymology of One Piece's colorful repertoire of words.

Word List

Nefertari: Egyptian word meaning "the most beautiful."
Sodom: Biblical city
Gomorrah: Biblical city