Where does “madake” come from?

madake (English) comes from Japanese 真竹, from Japanese 真, from Chinese 似.

madake (English): timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

Definitions

  1. timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

Ancestry of “madake”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese真竹timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides)
2Japanese真truth, reality; truth, reality, genuineness;...
3Chinese似—
Every word from Chinese 似 →Every word from Japanese 真 →Every word from Japanese 真竹 →