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

Definitions

  1. a Japanese girl or woman

Ancestry of “japanino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantojapanoa Japanese person; a citizen of Japan
2MalayJepangJapanese
3Hokkien日本Japan; Japanese; Japan
4Middle Chinese日本Land of the Rising Sun
Every word from Middle Chinese 日本 →Every word from Hokkien 日本 →Every word from Malay Jepang →