Where does “品詞” come from?

品詞 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 詞, from Japanese 自動詞, from Japanese 自動 — automatic movement, automatic functioning;...

品詞 (Japanese): a part of speech

Definitions

  1. a part of speech

Ancestry of “品詞”, step by step

品詞 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 詞

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese詞word; word; part of speech
2Japanese自動詞intransitive verb
3Japanese自動automatic movement, automatic functioning;...

via Japanese 品

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese品article, goods; stock; quality
2Middle Chinese品—
Every word from Japanese 自動 →Every word from Japanese 詞 →Every word from Japanese 自動詞 →