Where does “mea hoʻomikomiko” come from?
mea hoʻomikomiko (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian hoʻomikomiko, from Hawaiian mikomiko, from English miko, from Japanese 巫女, from Middle Chinese 巫女.
mea hoʻomikomiko (Hawaiian): seasoning
Definitions
- seasoning
Ancestry of “mea hoʻomikomiko”, step by step
mea hoʻomikomiko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hawaiian hoʻomikomiko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | hoʻomikomiko | — |
| 2 | Hawaiian | mikomiko | lightly salted |
| 3 | English | miko | A Shinto shrine maiden |
| 4 | Japanese | 巫女 | An unmarried woman who serves at a Shintō shrine,... |
| 5 | Middle Chinese | 巫女 | — |