Where does “umeboshi” come from?
umeboshi (English) comes from Japanese 梅干, from Japanese 梅干し, from Japanese 梅, from Old Japanese 梅, from Middle Chinese 梅.
umeboshi (English): Pickled ume fruits
Ancestry of “umeboshi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 梅干 | Alternative spelling of 梅干し: a Japanese pickled... |
| 2 | Japanese | 梅干し | umeboshi: salt-dried or pickled Japanese ume ;... |
| 3 | Japanese | 梅 | the Japanese plum or apricot, "Prunus mume"; a... |
| 4 | Old Japanese | 梅 | — |
| 5 | Middle Chinese | 梅 | — |