Where does “原画” come from?

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

原画 (Japanese): an original artwork

Definitions

  1. an original artwork

Ancestry of “原画”, step by step

原画 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 画

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese画picture, drawing, painting; movie, film, video;...
2Middle Chinese畫drawing

Words derived from “原画”

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