Words that come from Japanese “本”

23 words across 11 languages descend from Japanese 本 — including Niphon, ippon, 日本, 日本語, 源, hong, nippon, 一本.

See the etymology of 本 itself →

Japanese (10)

English (4)

Palauan (1)

French (1)

Marshallese (1)

Italian (1)

Maori (1)

Translingual (1)

Spanish (1)

Vietnamese (1)

Dutch (1)