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Where does “kotoo” come from?
kotoo (Esperanto) comes from Japanese 琴, from Middle Chinese 琴.
kotoo
(Esperanto): koto
Definitions
koto
Ancestry of “kotoo”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Japanese
琴
koto: a Japanese zither derived from the Chinese...
2
Middle Chinese
琴
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