Where does “原文” come from?

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

原文 (Japanese): text, original text

Definitions

  1. text, original text

Ancestry of “原文”, step by step

原文 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 原

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese原meadow, plain, field; the original thing; the...
2Old Japanese原—
3Italian-para—

via Japanese 文

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese文the mon, an old currency; a unit of length for...
2Middle Chinese文—
Every word from Italian -para →Every word from Old Japanese 原 →Every word from Japanese 原 →