Where does “Napa” come from?
Napa (English) comes from Japanese 菜っ葉, from Japanese 葉, from Middle Chinese 葉.
Napa (English): Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, a kind of Chinese cabbage
Definitions
- Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, a kind of Chinese cabbage
Ancestry of “Napa”, step by step
Napa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 菜っ葉
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 菜っ葉 | leaves of any vegetable |
| 2 | Japanese | 葉 | leaf, needle, blade; a season, an age: a shorter... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 葉 | — |
via Patwin napo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patwin | napo | — |