Where does “japanino” come from?
japanino (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto japano, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本, from Middle Chinese 日本 — Land of the Rising Sun.
japanino (Esperanto): a Japanese girl or woman
Ancestry of “japanino”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | japano | a Japanese person; a citizen of Japan |
| 2 | Malay | Jepang | Japanese |
| 3 | Hokkien | 日本 | Japan; Japanese; Japan |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 日本 | Land of the Rising Sun |