Where does “rickshaw” come from?
Rickshaw derives from Japanese 力車, a shortening of Japanese 人力車, where 人 comes from Middle Chinese にん, originally meaning "person" or "human."
rickshaw (English): A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person;...
Definitions
- A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person;...
Ancestry of “rickshaw”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 力車 | a rickshaw |
| 2 | Japanese | 人力車 | a rickshaw |
| 3 | Japanese | 人 | a person, human; an individual; mankind, people |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | *pitə | — |
Words derived from “rickshaw”