Where does “電車” come from?

電車 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 電車, from Japanese 電, from Middle Chinese 電.

電車 (Chinese): tram; streetcar; electric multiple unit train;...

Definitions

  1. tram; streetcar; electric multiple unit train;...

Ancestry of “電車”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese電車an electric multiple unit train
2Japanese電lightning
3Middle Chinese電—

Words derived from “電車”

Every word from Middle Chinese 電 →Every word from Japanese 電 →Every word from Japanese 電車 →