Where does “japon” come from?

japon (French) comes from Portuguese Japão, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本, from Middle Chinese 日本 — Land of the Rising Sun.

japon (French): japanware; Japanese porcelain

Definitions

  1. japanware; Japanese porcelain

Ancestry of “japon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseJapãoJapanese
2MalayJepangJapanese
3Hokkien日本Japan; Japanese; Japan
4Middle Chinese日本Land of the Rising Sun

Words derived from “japon”

Every word from Middle Chinese 日本 →Every word from Hokkien 日本 →Every word from Malay Jepang →