Where does “shodo” come from?

shodo (English) comes from Japanese 書道, from Japanese 書, from Middle Chinese 書.

shodo (English): Japanese calligraphy

Definitions

  1. Japanese calligraphy

Ancestry of “shodo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese書道Japanese calligraphy
2Japanese書document; letter
3Middle Chinese書—
Every word from Middle Chinese 書 →Every word from Japanese 書 →Every word from Japanese 書道 →