Where does “mikado” come from?

mikado (English) comes from Japanese 御門, from Japanese 御, from Middle Chinese 御.

mikado (English): A former title of the emperors of Japan during a...

Definitions

  1. A former title of the emperors of Japan during a...

Ancestry of “mikado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese御門mikado
2Japanese御"indicates that the is honorific"; often used to...
3Middle Chinese御—

Words derived from “mikado”

Every word from Middle Chinese 御 →Every word from Japanese 御 →Every word from Japanese 御門 →