Where does “原” come from?

原 (Japanese) comes from Old Japanese 原, from Italian -para.

原 (Japanese): meadow, plain, field; the original thing; the...

Definitions

  1. meadow, plain, field; the original thing; the...

Ancestry of “原”, step by step

原 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese 原

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese原—
2Italian-para—

via Middle Chinese 原

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese原—

Words derived from “原”

Every word from Italian -para →Every word from Old Japanese 原 →