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
Ancestry of “mégatsunami”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | tsunami | tsunami |
| 2 | Japanese | 津波 | a tsunami; a tidal wave; a tidal bore |
| 3 | Japanese | 波 | wave |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 波 | — |