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
- "Brassica rapa" subsp. "pekinensis", a kind of...
Ancestry of “napa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 菜っ葉 | leaves of any vegetable |
| 2 | Japanese | 葉 | leaf, needle, blade; a season, an age: a shorter... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 葉 | — |