Where does “Origami” come from?

Origami (German) comes from Japanese 折り紙, from Japanese 紙, from Middle Chinese 紙.

Origami (German): origami the Japanese art of paper folding

Definitions

  1. origami the Japanese art of paper folding

Ancestry of “Origami”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese折り紙origami
2Japanese紙paper
3Middle Chinese紙—
Every word from Middle Chinese 紙 →Every word from Japanese 紙 →Every word from Japanese 折り紙 →
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