Where does “Jedi” come from?

Jedi (German) comes from English Jedi, from Japanese 時代劇, from Japanese 劇, from Middle Chinese 劇.

Jedi (German): Jedi

Definitions

  1. Jedi

Ancestry of “Jedi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishJediOne of a fictional order of beings from the Star...
2Japanese時代劇A genre of period drama in Japanese theater,...
3Japanese劇play
4Middle Chinese劇—

Words derived from “Jedi”

Every word from Middle Chinese 劇 →Every word from Japanese 劇 →Every word from Japanese 時代劇 →