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

Definitions

  1. a fountain pen

Ancestry of “万年筆”, step by step

万年筆 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 筆

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese筆a writing brush, a painting brush, a pen;...
2Japanese文the mon, an old currency; a unit of length for...
3Middle Chinese文—

via Japanese 万年

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese万年ten thousand years; eternity

Words derived from “万年筆”

Every word from Middle Chinese 文 →Every word from Japanese 文 →Every word from Japanese 筆 →