Where does “mégatsunami” come from?

mégatsunami (French) comes from French tsunami, from Japanese 津波, from Japanese 波, from Middle Chinese 波.

mégatsunami (French): megatsunami

Definitions

  1. megatsunami

Ancestry of “mégatsunami”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtsunamitsunami
2Japanese津波a tsunami; a tidal wave; a tidal bore
3Japanese波wave
4Middle Chinese波—
Every word from Middle Chinese 波 →Every word from Japanese 波 →Every word from Japanese 津波 →