Where does “katakana” come from?

katakana (English) comes from Japanese 片%仮%名.

katakana (English): A Japanese syllabary used when writing words...

Definitions

  1. A Japanese syllabary used when writing words...

Ancestry of “katakana”, step by step

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Words derived from “katakana”

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