Where does “napa” come from?

napa (English) comes from Japanese 菜っ葉, from Japanese 葉, from Middle Chinese 葉.

napa (English): "Brassica rapa" subsp. "pekinensis", a kind of...

Definitions

  1. "Brassica rapa" subsp. "pekinensis", a kind of...

Ancestry of “napa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese菜っ葉leaves of any vegetable
2Japanese葉leaf, needle, blade; a season, an age: a shorter...
3Middle Chinese葉—
Every word from Middle Chinese 葉 →Every word from Japanese 葉 →Every word from Japanese 菜っ葉 →