Where does “原畫” come from?

原畫 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 原画, from Japanese 原, from Old Japanese 原, from Italian -para.

原畫 (Chinese): original drawing

Definitions

  1. original drawing

Ancestry of “原畫”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese原画an original artwork
2Japanese原meadow, plain, field; the original thing; the...
3Old Japanese原—
4Italian-para—
Every word from Italian -para →Every word from Old Japanese 原 →Every word from Japanese 原 →