Where does “haiku” come from?

haiku (Hungarian) comes from Japanese 俳句, from Middle Chinese 俳 — paralleled.

haiku (Hungarian): haiku a Japanese form of poetry consisting of seventeen syllables: five for the first line, seven for the second, and five for the third

Definitions

  1. haiku a Japanese form of poetry consisting of seventeen syllables: five for the first line, seven for the second, and five for the third

Ancestry of “haiku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese俳句haiku, a poem that usually consists of 5-7-5...
2Middle Chinese俳paralleled

Words derived from “haiku”

Every word from Middle Chinese 俳 →Every word from Japanese 俳句 →