Where does “mejiro” come from?
mejiro (English) comes from Japanese 目白, from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.
mejiro (English): A small passerine bird, Zosterops japonicus, the...
Definitions
- A small passerine bird, Zosterops japonicus, the...
Ancestry of “mejiro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 目白 | the Japanese white-eye, Zosterops japonicus; a... |
| 2 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |