Where does “yurei” come from?

yurei (English) comes from Japanese 幽霊, from Middle Chinese 幽靈.

yurei (English): A ghost, spirit of the dead, in Japanese mythology

Definitions

  1. A ghost, spirit of the dead, in Japanese mythology

Ancestry of “yurei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese幽霊a ghost, a phantom
2Middle Chinese幽靈—
Every word from Middle Chinese 幽靈 →Every word from Japanese 幽霊 →