Where does “tsunami” come from?

Tsunami derives from Japanese 津波, combining Japanese 津 with Japanese 波蘭, from Chinese 波蘭, ultimately from English Poland and English land via Middle English lond and Old English land.

tsunami (English): A very large and destructive wave, generally...

Definitions

  1. A very large and destructive wave, generally...

Ancestry of “tsunami”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese津波a tsunami; a tidal wave; a tidal bore
2Japanesewave
3Middle Chinese

Words derived from “tsunami

Every word from Middle Chinese
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