Re: Origin of 'hoomu'

IIJIMA Hiromitsu <delmonta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> dixit:
>> What is the origin of the word ホーム (hoomu), as used for rail
>> station platforms? Is it from the 'form' in 'platform'?

>Yes. Platforms are usually spelled 'プラットホーム' in kana.
>'プラットフォーム' is less common.

The situation with プラットホーム/プラットフォーム is
interesting and, I think, moving a bit. Traditionally it has
been プラットホーム but I think プラットフォーム is gaining
on it and becoming legitimized.

The older dictionaries never had プラットフォーム; only
プラットホーム. But recent editions of 広辞苑, 大辞林, etc.
have added entries for プラットフォーム, at least crossreferencing
it to プラットホーム. The Eijiro file has far more
entries containing プラットフォーム than プラットホーム.

The GG5 seems to say there is a difference in meaning between the
two. In its プラットフォーム entry is says:
1 〔駅のホーム〕 ＝プラットホーム
2 【電算】 〔システムの基盤〕 a platform.
-- Unix のプラットフォーム上で on the Unix platform.
-- いろいろなプラットフォームに対応している support various (hardware)
platforms.
-- 単一[マルチ]プラットフォームのOS a single-platform [mutiplatform] OS.

So trains may arrive at プラットホームs, but computer systems have
プラットフォームs.

And Googits?

プラットホーム 264,000
プラットフォーム 1,540,000

--
Jim Breen http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/
Computer Science & Software Engineering,
Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia
ジム・ブリーン@モナシュ大学
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