Where does “万年筆” come from?
万年筆 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 筆, from Japanese 文, from Middle Chinese 文.
万年筆 (Japanese): a fountain pen
Ancestry of “万年筆”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 筆 | a writing brush, a painting brush, a pen;... |
| 2 | Japanese | 文 | the mon, an old currency; a unit of length for... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 文 | — |