Where does “tenno” come from?

tenno (English) comes from Middle Chinese てんのう, from Middle Chinese 天皇.

tenno (English): The emperor of Japan as her head of state and the...

Definitions

  1. The emperor of Japan as her head of state and the...

Ancestry of “tenno”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chineseてんのう
2Middle Chinese天皇
Every word from Middle Chinese 天皇Every word from Middle Chinese てんのう
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