Where does “palaeotsunami” come from?

palaeotsunami (English) comes from English tsunami, from Japanese 津波, from Japanese 波, from Middle Chinese 波.

Ancestry of “palaeotsunami”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtsunamiA very large and destructive wave, generally...
2Japanese津波a tsunami; a tidal wave; a tidal bore
3Japanese波wave
4Middle Chinese波—
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