Where does “二周目” come from?

二周目 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 二, from Middle Chinese 二 — two.

二周目 (Japanese): new game plus

Definitions

  1. new game plus

Ancestry of “二周目”, step by step

二周目 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 二

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese二two, 2; second; two
2Middle Chinese二two

via Japanese 目

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
2Middle Chinese目—

via Japanese 周

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese周laps or circuits
2Middle Chinese周—

Words derived from “二周目”

Every word from Middle Chinese 二 →Every word from Japanese 二 →