Where does “アルミ箔” come from?

アルミ箔 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 箔, from Middle Chinese 箔.

アルミ箔 (Japanese): aluminium foil

Definitions

  1. aluminium foil

Ancestry of “アルミ箔”, step by step

アルミ箔 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 箔

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese箔foil, leaf
2Middle Chinese箔—

via Japanese アルミ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseアルミClipping of アルミニウム
Every word from Middle Chinese 箔 →Every word from Japanese 箔 →