Where does “koto” come from?

koto (French) comes from Japanese 箏 — koto: a Japanese zither derived from the Chinese guzheng.

koto (French): koto musical instruments

Definitions

  1. koto musical instruments

Ancestry of “koto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesekoto: a Japanese zither derived from the Chinese guzheng
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