Where does “kudzu” come from?
kudzu (English) comes from Japanese 葛, from Old Japanese 葛, from Proto-Japonic *konsu.
kudzu (English): An Asian vine , grown as a root starch, and which...
Definitions
- An Asian vine , grown as a root starch, and which...
Ancestry of “kudzu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 葛 | creeper, creeping plant; kudzu, Japanese... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | 葛 | — |
| 3 | Proto-Japonic | *konsu | — |