Where does “kenjutsu” come from?

kenjutsu (English) comes from Japanese 剣術, from Japanese 剣, from Middle Chinese けん, from Middle Chinese 元.

kenjutsu (English): Japanese swordsmanship

Definitions

  1. Japanese swordsmanship

Ancestry of “kenjutsu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese剣術swordsmanship
2Japanese剣a sword, "especially" one with a double-edged...
3Middle Chineseけん—
4Middle Chinese元—
Every word from Middle Chinese 元 →Every word from Middle Chinese けん →Every word from Japanese 剣 →
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