Where does “Jedi” come from?

Jedi (English) comes from Japanese 時代劇, from Japanese 劇, from Middle Chinese 劇.

Jedi (English): One of a fictional order of beings from the Star...

Definitions

  1. One of a fictional order of beings from the Star...

Ancestry of “Jedi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese時代劇A genre of period drama in Japanese theater,...
2Japanese劇play
3Middle Chinese劇—

Words derived from “Jedi”

Every word from Middle Chinese 劇 →Every word from Japanese 劇 →Every word from Japanese 時代劇 →