Where does “ネコ属” come from?

ネコ属 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 猫, from Old Japanese ねこ.

ネコ属 (Japanese): Felis

Definitions

  1. Felis

Ancestry of “ネコ属”, step by step

ネコ属 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 猫

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese猫a cat
2Old Japaneseねこ—

via Japanese 属

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese属a genus
2Middle Chinese屬—
Every word from Old Japanese ねこ →Every word from Japanese 猫 →