Where does “makimono” come from?
makimono (English) comes from Japanese 巻物, from Japanese 物, from Japanese 物言い, from Japanese 物言う — to talk.
makimono (English): A type of Japanese hand scroll which unrolls...
Definitions
- A type of Japanese hand scroll which unrolls...
Ancestry of “makimono”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 巻物 | a scroll, a long wound-up document, painting, or... |
| 2 | Japanese | 物 | thing; story, genre |
| 3 | Japanese | 物言い | — |
| 4 | Japanese | 物言う | to talk |