Where does “Origami” come from?
Origami (German) comes from Japanese 折り紙, from Japanese 紙, from Middle Chinese 紙.
Origami (German): origami
Ancestry of “Origami”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 折り紙 | origami |
| 2 | Japanese | 紙 | paper |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 紙 | — |